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Would it be appropriate to use DNA probes such as VNTR in DNA fingerprinting of a bacteriophage?

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VNTR (Variable Number Tandem Repeat) is a location in the genome where a short nucleoside is organised as a simultaneous repeat. Analysis of VNTR is used for many purposes: including DNA fingerprinting. But bacteriophage does not have too many DNAs rather only a few strands of DNA are available in bacteriophage. This does not leave scope for repeating sequence in DNA. Hence, VNTR cannot be used in DNA fingerprinting of a bacteriophage.

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