A unified STR profiling system across multiple species with whole genome sequencing data

Abstract Background Short tandem repeats (STRs) serve as genetic markers in forensic scenes due to their high polymorphism in eukaryotic genomes. A variety of STRs profiling systems have been developed for species including human, dog, cat, cattle, etc. Maintaining these systems simultaneously can b...

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Main Authors: Yilin Liu, Jiao Xu, Miaoxia Chen, Changfa Wang, Shuaicheng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-019-3246-y