Maryam Sharafi Farzad

Precision ID mtDNA Whole Genome Panel and sequencing of telogen hairs – perspectives for validation and implementation in casework

Abstract Shed hair is a commonly encountered type of forensic evidence. Shed telogen hairs generally contain insufficient or highly degraded nuclear DNA for STR profiling; however, mtDNA analysis of telogen hair and hair shafts remains possible. We validated whole mitochondrial g...