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A large-scale dataset of single and mixed-source short tandem repeat profiles to inform human identification strategies: PROVEDIt.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Jan 2018
Alfonse Lauren E, Garrett Amanda D, Lun Desmond S, Duffy Ken R, Grgicak Catherine M
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DNA-based human identity testing is conducted by comparison of PCR-amplified polymorphic Short Tandem Repeat (STR) motifs from a known source with the STR profiles obtained from uncertain sources. Samples such as those found at crime scenes often result in signal that is a composite of incomplete STR profiles from an unknown number of unknown contributors, making interpretation an arduous task. To facilitate...
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