In 2020, Forensic Sciences Research published the article “Sequencing of human identification markers in an Uyghur population using the MiSeq FGx™ Forensic Genomics System” by Halimureti Simayijiang, Niels Morling, and Claus Børsting: https://doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2020.1779967

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