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These large heterochromatic arrays of tandem repeats are ubiquitous across eukaryotic genomes, yet remain understudied. Current methods for annotating satellite regions, and other classes of tandem repeat arrays, are limited in their ability to annotate divergent or novel sequences.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this work, we introduce AniAnn\u2019s, an algorithm for annotating large blocks of tandemly repeating DNAs. AniAnn\u2019s exploits the high Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) shared between repeat units of the same array to quickly and accurately infer the boundaries of such arrays. We show that AniAnn\u2019s improves the annotation of satellites and other tandem repeats within a variety of plant and animal genomes, while requiring only a fraction of the runtime compared to previous approaches. 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