Short tandem repeats
A) usually are inherited from both the mother and the father.
B) usually consist of many thousands of repeated units.
C) are a form of transposon.
D) are a form of DNA microarray.
E) consist of open reading frames.

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Short tandem repeats (STRs) are regions of DNA where a sequence of two to six nucleotides is repeated multiple times, usually several times in a row. STRs are usually inherited from both the mother and the father, making them useful in genetic analysis and paternity testing.

Short Tandem Repeats