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The landscape of human STR variation.
Genome research - 1 Nov 2014
Willems Thomas, Gymrek Melissa, Highnam Gareth, Mittelman David, Erlich Yaniv
Abstract excerpt
Short tandem repeats are among the most polymorphic loci in the human genome. These loci play a role in the etiology of a range of genetic diseases and have been frequently utilized in forensics, population genetics, and genetic genealogy. Despite this plethora of applications, little is known about the variation of most STRs in the human population. Here, we report the largest-scale analysis of human STR...
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