Albeit, a tandem repeat array could not show up as a satellite band if it had a nucleotide composition close to the average of the genome.
Polymorphic tandem repeats (alias VNTRs) are also present in microorganisms and can be used to trace the origin of an outbreak.
The corresponding assay in which a collection of VNTRs is typed to characterize a strain is most often called MLVA (Multiple Loci VNTR Analysis).
Using tandem repeat polymorphism, recombination has been reported in the natural transmission of monkeypox (mpox) virus genome during 2022 pandemic.
Studies in 2004 linked the unusual genetic plasticity of dogs to mutations in tandem repeats.
An algorithm known as NTRprism was created by Oxford Nanopore Technologies researchers to enable for the annotation of repetitive structures in built satellite DNA arrays.
The method operates at a constant temperature, eliminating the need for thermal cycling, and has shown particular utility in cases where traditional PCR either fails to amplify target sequences or produces unwanted side products.