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A method for positive forensic identification of samples from extremely low-coverage sequence data.
BMC genomics - 7 Dec 2015
Vohr Samuel H, Buen Abad Najar Carlos Fernando, Shapiro Beth, Green Richard E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Determining whether two DNA samples originate from the same individual is difficult when the amount of retrievable DNA is limited. This is often the case for ancient, historic, and forensic samples. The most widely used approaches rely on amplification of a defined panel of multi-allelic markers and comparison to similar data from other samples. When the amount retrievable DNA is low these approaches...
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