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DNA - A Prosecutor’s Practice Notebook Inventory

MtDNA Results

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Sometimes no mtDNA results can be reported. For example, the collected evidence might yield insufficient mtDNA to proceed to sequencing or there may be an insufficient quality of sequenced mtDNA, or a mixture of mtDNA types may be present. Unlike STR typing of nuclear DNA, mtDNA samples containing mixtures cannot be interpreted.

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