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. 2002 Mar;13(1):20–29.

Strategies for genotyping: Effectiveness of tailing primers to increase accuracy in short tandem repeat determinations

L Ballard, P Adams, Y Bao, D Bartley, D Bintzler, L Kasch, L Petukhova, C Rosato
PMCID: PMC2279839  PMID: 19498960

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