Repetitive Sequence Patterns Within A Gene Locus

Question

[Tianyang Li]

Hi,

I have a question about repetitive sequence patterns within a gene locus.

How long does a sequence pattern have to be for it to be almost unique within a gene locus?

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Istvan Albert]

There was a discussion on this here

http://www.biostars.org/post/show/44185/unique-kmer-size-for-it-to-be-unique-in-the-genome/

from there you can see that the critical elements of you question are the definitions for the terms 'almost unique' and 'gene locus'.