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Mitochondrial DNA control region diversity in a population from Espirito Santo state, Brazil.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Oct 2014
Sanches Naiara M, Paneto Greiciane G, Figueiredo Raquel F, de Mello Aline O, Cicarelli Regina M B
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis has proved to be useful for forensic identification, especially in cases which nuclear DNA markers fail, as in degraded samples or in cases where the biological material has few traces or no nuclear DNA. Moreover, it can be applied in population genetics, inferring the origin of a population. In this work, the entire mtDNA control region of 97 individuals from the state of...
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