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Single nucleotide polymorphisms over the entire mtDNA genome that increase the power of forensic testing in Caucasians.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jun 2004
Coble Michael D, Just Rebecca S, O'Callaghan Jennifer E, Letmanyi Ilona H, Peterson Christine T, Irwin Jodi A, Parsons Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
We have sequenced the entire mtDNA genome (mtGenome) of 241 individuals who match 1 of 18 common European Caucasian HV1/HV2 types, to identify sites that permit additional forensic discrimination. We found that over the entire mtGenome even individuals with the same HV1/HV2 type rarely match. Res...
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