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MtDNA SNP multiplexes for efficient inference of matrilineal genetic ancestry within Oceania.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Jul 2012
Ballantyne Kaye N, van Oven Mannis, Ralf Arwin, Stoneking Mark, Mitchell R John, van Oorschot Roland A H, Kayser Manfred
Abstract excerpt
Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a convenient marker for tracing matrilineal bio-geographic ancestry and is widely applied in forensic, genealogical and anthropological studies. In forensic applications, DNA-based ancestry inference can be useful for finding unknown suspects by concentrating police investigations in cases where autosomal STR profiling was unable to provide a match, or can help provide clues in...
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