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Published STR Multiplexes

Kits from commercial sources are now predominantly used by labs around the world for their ease of use and high discriminatory power. The NIST Human Identity Project Team has collected information on available kits and on the STRBase Web site.

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See also STR Fact Sheets—information compiled on some commonly used STR systems.
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  • Published STR Multiplexes
  • List of Three-Banded Allele Patterns
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