Genetic characterization of more than 15,000 individuals (mainly Caucasians) was performed using different primers. The study presents sequence structures of regular alleles ranging from 8 to 38 in comparison with variant alleles. Half of the variant alleles have insertions or deletions within the central polymorphic region. Other variations are located in the 120 bp 5′-flanking part and the 20 bp 3′-flanking part.
On the occasion of a study on mutation rates of human STR loci, numerous alleles have been sequenced. Several new sequence or length variant alleles were found.
Every function of n inputs can be efficiently computed by a complete network of n processors in such a way that: If no faults occur, no set of size t n /2 of players gets any additional information (other than the function value), Even if Byzantine faults are allowed, no set of size t n /3 can either disrupt the computation or get additional information. Furthermore, the above bounds on t are tight!