Multi-tissue analysis reveals short tandem repeats as ubiquitous regulators of gene expression and complex traits

SF Fotsing, J Margoliash, C Wang, S Saini, R Yanicky… - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Short tandem repeats (STRs) have been implicated in a variety of complex traits in humans.
However, genome-wide studies of the effects of STRs on gene expression thus far have had …