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Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) / NGS

High-throughput sequencing technology that generates millions of short reads simultaneously; used in forensics for sequence-level STR typing (Verogen MiSeq FGx, Ion S5) and for lcWGS genome-wide SNP profiling to support IGG.

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