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Development and validation of a D-loop mtDNA SNP assay for the screening of specimens in forensic casework.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 May 2013
Chemale Gustavo, Paneto Greiciane Gaburro, Menezes Meiga Aurea Mendes, de Freitas Jorge Marcelo, Jacques Guilherme Silveira, Cicarelli Regina Maria Barretto, Fagundes Paulo Roberto
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis is usually a last resort in routine forensic DNA casework. However, it has become a powerful tool for the analysis of highly degraded samples or samples containing too little or no nuclear DNA, such as old bones and hair shafts. The gold standard methodology still constitutes the direct sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products or cloned amplicons from the HVS-1 and...
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