Accurately calling forensically informative STRs allows haplotyping and kinship analysis of donor samples


Oxford Nanopore’s Q20+ chemistry and STRspy can accurately call short tandem repeat lengths of autosomal and Y chromosome STR markers for haplotyping and kinship analysis.

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  • How to amplify, barcode and sequence 46 STR markers using Q20+ chemistry
  • How STRspy correctly calls all autosomal STRs for NIST and control human samples
  • More aboutSex determination and haplogroup prediction using Y chromosomal STRs
  • More about kinship analysis for missing person- or mass casualty-identification

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