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Stringency

The extent to which hybridisation conditions favour only perfectly complementary probe-target pairs over partially mismatched ones. High stringency (elevated temperature and/or low salt concentration) minimises non-specific hybridisation; low stringency allows detection of related but non-identical sequences.

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Microarray (gene chip / SNP chip)Minisatellite (VNTR)Molecular hybridisationmRNA body-fluid profilingSouthern blotWestern blot (protein immunoblot)

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