See Also: DNA, satellite(health)
Satellite(medicine)
satellite(dictionary)
RNA, satellite(medicine)
Air Satellite(tourism)
Satellite DNA(medicine)
satellite(1)(dictionary)
satellite(2)(dictionary)
satellite RNA(medicine)
Satellite(health)

DNA, satellite (health)


DNA that contains many tandem (not inverted) repeats of a short basic repeating unit. Satellite DNA is located at very specific spots in the genome (on chromosomes 1, 9, 16 and the Y chromosome, the tiny short arms of chromosomes 13-15 and 21 and 22, and near the centromeres of chromosomes).