How many individuals share a mitochondrial genome?

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is useful to assist with identification of the source of a biological sample, or to confirm matrilineal relatedness. Although the autosomal genome is much larger, mtDNA has an advantage for forensic applications of multiple copy number per cell, allowing better recovery of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mikkel M Andersen, David J Balding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6233927?pdf=render