Context: Over the last few decades, advances in sequencing have improved greatly. One of
the most important achievements of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is to produce …

Designed as an accessible introduction to basic scientific principles and their application in
professional practice, Forensic Biology provides a concise overview of the field. Focusing …

Abstract Purpose of Review Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) plays an essential role in forensic
science, aiding in human identification especially when dealing with degraded DNA …

Insights into the human mitochondrial phylogeny have been primarily achieved by
sequencing full mitochondrial genomes (mtGenomes). In forensic genetics (partial) …

Abstract Background Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) ty** can be a useful aid for identifying
people from compromised samples when nuclear DNA is too damaged, degraded or below …

Though shed hairs are one of the most commonly encountered evidence types, they are
among the most limited in terms of DNA quantity and quality. As a result, DNA testing has …

Aim To use parallel array pyrosequencing to deconvolute mixtures of mitochondrial DNA
(mtDNA) sequence and provide high resolution analysis of mtDNA heteroplasmy. Methods …

Though investigations into the use of massively parallel sequencing technologies for the
generation of complete mitochondrial genome (mtGenome) profiles from difficult forensic …

Samples containing highly unbalanced DNA mixtures from two individuals commonly occur
both in forensic mixed stains and in peripheral blood DNA microchimerism induced by …

In a Nature paper of 2010, the concern was raised that intra-individual mtDNA variation may
be more pronounced than previously believed, in that heteroplasmies are common and vary …