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Mutation analysis of 19 commonly used short tandem repeat loci in a Guangdong Han population.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 May 2018
Xiao Cheng, Peng Zhiyong, Chen Feilong, Yan Hui, Zhu Bofeng, Tai Yunchun, Qiu Pingming, Liu Chao, Song Xuheng, Wu Zihao, Chen Ling
Abstract excerpt
Short tandem repeats (STRs) are the most widely used genetic markers in current forensic practice. However, STR mutations have troubled paternity test all the time. To ensure the accuracy in parentage testing, it is important to obtain population mutation data and identify factors that affect STR mutation rates. In the present study, we performed a comprehensive analysis on 322 mutation events in 19 autosomal STR...
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