A radioactively or non-radioactively (fluorochrome) labeled single-stranded DNA sequence that anneals specifically to its homologous, complementary DNA or RNA tract and thus, by virtue of the label identifies the homologous strand. Southern hybridization, dot blots, Northern hybridization, heterologous probe, insertional mutagenesis, nick translation, labeling, fluorochrome, FISH
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(2008). DNA Probe. In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_4689
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