The landscape of human STR variation

Short tandem repeats are among the most polymorphic loci in the human genome. These loci play a role in the etiology of a range of genetic diseases and have been frequently utilized in forensics, population genetics, and genetic genealogy. Despite this plethora of applications, little is known about...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Willems, Thomas Frederick, Gymrek, Melissa A., Highnam, Gareth, 1000 Genomes Project Consortium, Mittelman, David, Erlich, Yaniv
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90965
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