Variable Number Tandem Repeats Assessment

**Semantic type:** Laboratory Procedure

**Definition:** An assessment of the variations in the number of tandem repeat nucleotide sequences, which are end-to-end adjacent copies of a short (2 to 60 nucleotides) DNA sequence.

**Synonyms:** - Tandem Repeat Variation - VNTR - Variable Nucleotide Tandem Repeats - Variable Number Tandem Repeats - Variable Number Tandem Repeats