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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology
The most common STRs in humans are A-rich units: A, AC, AAAN, AAN, and AG. The STR locus is named as, for example, D3S1266, where D represents DNA, 3 means chromosome 3 on which the STR locus locates, S stands for STR, and 1266 is the unique identifier.