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SUBMITTER: Shi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4509031 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shi Yunfang Y Li Xiaozhou X Ju Duan D Li Yan Y Zhang Xiuling X Zhang Ying Y
Experimental and therapeutic medicine 20150610 2
Short tandem repeat (STR) markers, also known as microsatellites, are extensively used in mapping studies, forensics and disease diagnosis due to their small dimension and low mutation and high polymorphism rates. In recent years quantitative fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) has been successfully used to amplify STR markers in the prenatal diagnosis of common chromosomal abnormalities. This method provides a diagnosis of common aneuploidies 24-48 h after sampling with low error ra ...[more]