Mitochondrial DNA databases stand as the basis for frequency estimations of mtDNA
sequences that became relevant in a case. The establishment of mtDNA databases sounds …

An accurate, up-to-date, detailed and global phylogenetic tree of human mitochondrial DNA
(mtDNA) is essential for various forensic mtDNA applications including data quality control …

The Mitomap database of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) information has been an
important compilation of mtDNA variation for researchers, clinicians, and genetic counselors …

Abstract Analysis of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation plays an important role in
forensic genetic investigations, especially in degraded biological samples and hair shafts …

Abstract The emergence of Massively Parallel Sequencing technologies enabled the
analysis of full mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequences from forensically relevant samples that …

Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis is a valuable forensic tool, useful in cases
where the amount of extracted DNA is low or highly degraded. Population databases are …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) presents several characteristics useful for forensic studies,
especially related to the lack of recombination, to a high copy number, and to matrilineal …

Existing software has not allowed for effective alignment of mitochondrial (mt) DNA
sequence data generated using a massively parallel sequencing (MPS) approach …

Debate on the validity and reliability of scientific methods often arises in the courtroom.
When the government (ie, the prosecution) is the proponent of evidence, the defense is …

The development of molecular tools to detect and report mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
heteroplasmy will increase the discrimination potential of the testing method when applied to …