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ArticleInvestigative genetics2015

pSTR Finder: a rapid method to discover polymorphic short tandem repeat markers from whole-genome sequences.

James Chun-I Lee, Bill Tseng, Bing-Ching Ho, Adrian Linacre

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Article in Investigative genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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James Chun-I LeeDepartment of Forensic Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Jen-Ai Road Section 1, Taipei, 10051 Taiwan.
Bill TsengDepartment of Forensic Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Jen-Ai Road Section 1, Taipei, 10051 Taiwan.
Bing-Ching HoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Jen-Ai Road Section 1, Taipei, 10051 Taiwan ; NTU Center for Genomic Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Jen-Ai Road Section 1, Taipei, 10051 Taiwan.
Adrian LinacreSchool of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, 5001 Australia.
National Taiwan University · TWFlinders University · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhole-genome sequencing is performed routinely as a means to identify polymorphic genetic loci such as short tandem repeat loci. We have developed a simple tool, called pSTR Finder, which is freely available as a means of identifying putative polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) loci from data generated from genome-wide sequences. The program performs cross comparisons on the STR sequences generated using the Tandem Repeats Finder based on multiple-genome samples in a FASTA format. These comparisons generate reports listing identical, polymorphic, and different STR loci when comparing two samples.

methodsThe web site http://forensic.mc.ntu.edu.tw:9000/PSTRWeb/Default has been developed as a means to identify polymorphic STR loci within complex mass genome sequences. The program was developed to generate a series of user-friendly reports.

resultsAs proof of concept for the program, four FASTA genome sequence samples of human chromosome X (AC_000155.1, CM000685.1, NC_018934.2, and CM000274.1) were obtained from GenBank and were analyzed for the presence of putative STR regions. The sequences within AC-000155.1 were used as an initial reference sequence from which there were 5443 identical and 4305 polymorphic STR loci identified using a repeat unit of 1-6 and 10 bp as the flanking sequence either side of the putative STR loci. A reliability test was used to compare five FASTA samples, which had sections of DNA sequence removed to mimic partial or fragmented DNA sequences, to determine whether pSTR Finder can efficiently and consistently find identical, polymorphic, and different STR loci.

conclusionsFrom the mass of DNA sequence data, the project was found to reproducibly identify polymorphic STR loci and generate user-friendly reports detailing the number and location of these potential polymorphic loci. This freely available program was found to be a useful tool to find polymorphic STR within whole-genome sequence data in forensic genetic studies.

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BioinformaticsFASTAForensicMASSIVE parallel sequencingSTRTRFWhole-genome sequences

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