One of the advantages of STR profiling over VNTR profiling is that ________

A) STRs are variable in the number of repeats, whereas VNTRs are not
B) it presents more variable sequences reducing false positive matches
C) STRs are not variable in the number of repeats, whereas VNTRs are
D) it requires much less DNA because PCR can be used to amplify small samples


Answer: D

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