STR (short tandem repeats) ID from bam file?

Question

[Richard]

Hi all,

Are there any tools out there that are designed to extract the VNTR (variable number tandem repeats) for forensic testing from a bam file? Actually, if there was a tool that did the same from fastq it would be equally useful.

Answer 1

[Richard]

This looks like it might be useful (Lobstr):

http://melissagymrek.com/lobstr-code/index.html