31 This tool is used to select only those input lines that have compatible STR motifs between the two user-specified columns. Two STR motifs are called compatible if they are either identical, or complementary, or produce the same sequence on rotating the start of the motif. For example, **A** is considered compatible with **A** and its reverse complement **T**. Similarly, **AGG** considered compatible with **AGG**, its reverse complement **TCC**, and their rotations **GGA**, **GAG**, **CCT** and **CTC**.
33 For STR-FM pipeline (profiling STRs in short read data), this tool can be used to make sure that the STRs in the reads have the compatible motif as the STRs in the reference at the corresponding mapped location.
37 When you use this tool, please cite **Fungtammasan A, Ananda G, Hile SE, Su MS, Sun C, Harris R, Medvedev P, Eckert K, Makova KD. 2015. Accurate Typing of Short Tandem Repeats from Genome-wide Sequencing Data and its Applications, Genome Research**
