The flanking sequences

After completing this laboratory exercise, you should be able to:
• Identify the flanking sequences and the number of repeat units of a particular STR, and record this STR using the shorthand method
• Identify all of the possible STR allele combinations that a child could inherit at a particular locus, given the STR allele combinations of the parents
• Model the DNA profiling process in order to solve different criminal cases, and relate the results obtained to overall criminal investigation