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Question
Would it be appropriate to use DNA probes such as VNTR in DNA finger printing of a bacteriaphage?
Solution
Bacteriaphage does not have repetitive sequences such as VNTRs in its genome as its genome is very small and have all the coding sequence. DNA finger printing is not done for phages.
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