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Whole mitochondrial genome genetic diversity in an Estonian population sample.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jan 2016
Stoljarova Monika, King Jonathan L, Takahashi Maiko, Aaspõllu Anu, Budowle Bruce
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA is a useful marker for population studies, human identification, and forensic analysis. Commonly used hypervariable regions I and II (HVI/HVII) were reported to contain as little as 25% of mitochondrial DNA variants and therefore the majority of power of discrimination of mitochondrial DNA resides in the coding region. Massively parallel sequencing technology enables entire mitochondrial genome...
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