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What software is designed to do human identity analysis applying CODIS and other panels of forensically relevant genome biomarkers?

What software is designed to do human identity analysis applying CODIS and other panels of forensically relevant genome biomarkers? I have found only the products of Softgenetics company. Are there any free or commercial alternatives? Thx.

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STRait Razor is a free open source sequence-based STR analysis program available from UNT: https://www.unthsc.edu/graduate-school-of-biomedical-sciences/molecular-and-medical-genetics/laboratory-faculty-and-staff/strait-razor/ Download from Github: https://github.com/Ahhgust/STRaitRazor. I'm not sure which labs are using it.

OSIRIS is a free open source CE-fragment length based STR analysis and QC software available from NCBI: Download from the homepage: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/osiris/ Code is on Github: https://github.com/ncbi/osiris OSIRIS is in use in forensic, CODIS, and clinical (engraftment testing) labs and is NDIS approved as an expert system.

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