What are satellites in a genome? Explain their role in DNA fingerprinting.

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Satellite genome is a part of genome that contains highly repetitive DNA sequence. Each individual has different but specific lengths of DNA satellites. This DNA satellites in a genome forms the basis of DNA fingerprinting. These are inherited from parents to offspring and can be used for determing the paternity. Satellites are of two types, minisatellites and microsatellites.

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