Sequence Tagged Site (STS) at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Sequence Tagged Site (STS)? Short (200 to 500 base pairs) DNA sequence that has a single occurrence in the human genome and whose location and base sequence are known. Detectable by polymerase chain reaction, STSs are useful for localizing and orienting the mapping and sequence data

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