GenomicsNature GeneticsPeer-reviewed
Abundant contribution of short tandem repeats to gene expression variation in humans
Melissa Gymrek, Thomas Willems, Haoyang Zeng…·Yaniv Erlich
The paper identifies 2,060 expression STRs (eSTRs) contributing 10%-15% of cis-heritability to gene expression, highlighting their role as regulatory variants.
DOI 10.1038/ng.3461