A cautionary note on switching mitochondrial DNA reference sequences in forensic genetics

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Salas, Antonio ^a   Coble, Michael ^b   Desmyter, Stijn ^c   Grzybowski, Tomasz ^d   Gusmão, Leonor ^e,f   Hohoff, Carsten ^g   Holland, Mitchell M ^h   Irwin, Jodi A ⁱ   Kupiec, Tomasz ^j   Lee, Hwan Young ^k   Ludes, Bertrand ^l   Lutz Bonengel, Sabine ^m   Melton, Terry ⁿ   Parsons, Thomas J ^o   Pfeiffer, Heidi ^p   Prieto, Lourdes ^q   Tagliabracci, Adriano ^r   Parson, Walther ^s  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology   (Belgium)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f Instituto de Ciências Biológicas   (Brazil)

^g Institut für Forensische Genetik   (Germany)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Dover Air Force Base   (United States)

^j INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^k Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^l INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ Mitotyping Technologies LLC   (United States)

^o International Commission on Missing Persons   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^q University Institute of Research in Forensic Sciences (IUICP)   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^s INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

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Author keywords

CRS; Forensic casework; Haplogroup; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; rCRS; RSRS

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYSTEINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BASE PAIRING; CAMBRIDGE REFERENCE SEQUENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRIME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA REFERENCE SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LETTER; MEDICAL EXPERT; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; OFFENDER; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC GENETICS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867582521     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.06.015     Document Type: Letter

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