Reasonable safeguards against contamination in mtDNA testing. (Dr. Frederika Kaestle, Indiana University)

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Presentation

Kaestle FA, Kittles RA, Roth AL, Ungvarsky EJ. Database limitations on the evidentiary value of forensic mitochondrial DNA evidence. American Criminal Law Review. 2006;43:53-87.

Gilbert MTP, Menez L, Janaway RC, Tobin DJ, Cooper A, Wilson AS. Resistance of degraded hair shafts to contaminant DNA. Forensic Science International. 2006; 156:208–212.

Jehaes E, Gilissen A, Cassiman JJ, Decorte R. Evaluation of a decontamination protocol for hair shafts before mtDNA sequencing. Forensic Science International. 1998; 94:65–71.

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