Mitochondrial DNA in human identification: a review
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) presents several characteristics useful for forensic studies, especially related to the lack of recombination, to a high copy number, and to matrilineal inheritance. mtDNA typing based on sequences of the control region or full genomic sequences analysis is used to analyze...
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PeerJ Inc.
2019-08-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/7314.pdf |