Principles of Forensic DNA
for Officers of the Court
Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court
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Module 8 :: mtDNA & Y-STR

Topic 2 :: mtDNA Laboratory Analysis

Reportable Outcomes

An mtDNA analysis has two primary reportable outcomes:

In both cases, the report accounts for the fact that person B's maternal relatives have the same mtDNA type as person B.

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