Assessment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Tissues for Interpreting Genetic Data in Forensic Science by Applying 16 STR Loci among Saudi Patients

Background: In forensic science, there are cases when the only available provider of biological data is samples of malignant tissues. It can be useful in identification and/or paternity tests. Still, such samples have ambiguities because of microsatellite instability (MSI) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) effects, being often related to neoplasia. Methods: This research evaluates 16 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci (traditional in...