Accumulating evidence suggests that many classes of DNA repeats exhibit attributes that
distinguish them from other genetic variants, including the fact that they are more liable to …

Repetitive DNA sequences playing critical roles in driving evolution, inducing variation, and
regulating gene expression. In this review, we summarized the definition, arrangement, and …

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are enriched in eukaryotic cis-regulatory elements and alter
gene expression, yet how they regulate transcription remains unknown. We found that STRs …

Advancing technologies have facilitated the ever‐widening application of genetic markers
such as microsatellites into new systems and research questions in biology. In light of the …

The contribution of repetitive elements to quantitative human traits is largely unknown. Here
we report a genome-wide survey of the contribution of short tandem repeats (STRs), which …

Forensic DNA profiling utilizes autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers to establish
identity of missing persons, confirm familial relations, and link persons of interest to crime …

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are units of 1–6 bp that repeat in a tandem fashion in DNA.
Along with single nucleotide polymorphisms and large structural variations, they are among …

Abstract Background The first Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) genome assembly published in
2011 was one of the early genome assemblies exclusively based on high-throughput 454 …

Microsatellite repeat DNA is best known for its length mutability, which is implicated in
several neurological diseases and cancers, and often exploited as a genetic marker. Less …

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are some of the fastest mutating loci in the genome. Tools for
accurately profiling STRs from high-throughput sequencing data have enabled genome …