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Sources

• DNA.gov: DNA and Forensic Identification
  http://dna.gov/basics/
• FBI: Automating the Forensic Analysis of Nuclear DNA: The FBI's Research and Development Initiative.
  http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/oct2004/research/2004_10_research04.htm
• Human Genome Project: DNA Forensics
  http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml
• Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet Database
  http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/
• National Institute of Science and Technology: Brief Introduction to STRs
  http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/intro.htm