The motif composition of variable number tandem repeats impacts gene expression.

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Understanding the impact of DNA variation on human traits is a fundamental question in human genetics. Variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) make up ∼3% of the human genome but are often excluded from association analysis owing to poor read mappability or divergent repeat content. Although methods exist to estimate VNTR length from short-read data, it is known that VNTRs vary in both length and repeat (motif)...

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