Talk:Hypervariable region

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hypervariable regions only account for the non coding tandem repeat sequences of mtDNA, and thus are not found in chromosomes or normal human DNA.

I oppose the merger. The type of hypervariable region described in this article is housed within mitochondrial DNA and is different to the hypervariable region/complementarity determining region of antigen receptors like immunoglobulins and T-cell receptors. I found a review article that mentions this kind... (Falchi A, Giovannoni L, Calo C, Piras I, Moral P, Paoli G, Vona G, Varesi L (2006). "Genetic history of some western Mediterranean human isolates through mtDNA HVR1 polymorphisms". J. Hum. Genet. 51 (1): 9–14.

I'm suggesting splitting this into two articles, one concerning nucleic acids (which most of this one is about) and one about antibodies, which could go into more details about the function (multiple sources mention antibodies). Alternatively, the article can be rewritten to include both, but the intro sentence needs to be more general.