Minisatellites or VNTR's are used in

DNA fingerprinting.

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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).

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The correct option is A DNA fingerprinting.
Minisatellites or Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTR) are used in DNA fingerprinting technique. In VNTR, satellite DNA acts as a probe, that shows very high degree of polymorphism.

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