Article
Sequencing the orthologs of human autosomal forensic short tandem repeats provides individual- and species-level identification in African great apes.
BMC ecology and evolution - 31 Oct 2024
Fedele Ettore, Wetton Jon H, Jobling Mark A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Great apes are a global conservation concern, with anthropogenic pressures threatening their survival. Genetic analysis can be used to assess the effects of reduced population sizes and the effectiveness of conservation measures. In humans, autosomal short tandem repeats (aSTRs) are widely used in population genetics and for forensic individual identification and kinship testing. Traditionally,...
Topics
- Animals
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Hominidae
- Humans
- Pan paniscus
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Gorilla gorilla
- Genotype
- Forensic Genetics