8. 3.5 points) a) What is an \"STR Locus\"? b) Describe, in detail, how you dete

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8. 3.5 points) a) What is an "STR Locus"? b) Describe, in detail, how you determine what alleles an individual has for a particular STR locus. e) Based on the data below, which STR loci must be multi-allelic and why? FH19 FH60 147 Allele 1 frequency 0.280.66 142 FH67 FH71 FH129 FH39 FH40 FH48 170 0.5 170 0.221 0.5 STR locus Allele 1 size (bp) Allele 2 size Allele 2 frequency 0.28 0.100.64 62 0.36 0.51 62 152 0.39 160 0.25 97 239 0.31 243 0.69 193 252 0.48 258 193 103 40.51 d) What is the probability for this population of an elephant having the above genotype?

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A Short Tandem Repeat (STR) is a microsatellite which is used to compare specific loci on DNA from two or more samples. It consists of a unit of two to thirteen nucleotides that repeats hundreds of times in a row on the DNA strand.

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