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Identification of remains by sequencing of mitochondrial DNA control region.
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology - 1 Jun 2000
Seo Y, Uchiyama T, Shimizu K, Takahama K
Abstract excerpt
The maternity of two newborns who were murdered and abandoned >5 and 10 years were analyzed by amplification and direct sequencing of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control regions. Sequences of two hypervariable segments from each femur bone sample and the blood of the putative mother showed four mutations in hypervariable region I and two mutations in addition to two nucleotide insertions in hypervariable region II...
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