EMPOP
Definition
EMPOP mtDNA Population Database, maintained at the Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria. Contains over 50,000 curated mtDNA sequences and uses phylogenetic frequency estimation. Primary forensic reference for ISFG and ENFSI member laboratories.
Related terms
- AFDIL
- Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The US military's central identification laboratory, responsible for mtDNA-based identification of...
- Heteroplasmy
- The co-existence of two or more mitochondrial DNA sequence variants within a single individual, arising from somatic mutation or incomplete segregation. Length...
- Hypervariable Region (HV1, HV2)
- Two segments within the mitochondrial D-loop that accumulate sequence variation faster than the coding mitochondrial genome. HV1 spans positions 16024-16365; HV2 spans...
- rCRS
- The revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (GenBank accession NC_012920), the standard reference for human mitochondrial DNA. All mtDNA variant positions in forensic and...
- RSRS
- Reconstructed Sapiens Reference Sequence (2012). A phylogenetically derived ancestral human mtDNA sequence used in academic population genetics but not in forensic casework...
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- Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing on HV1/HV2 and the rCRS ReferenceEMPOP mtDNA Population Database, maintained at the Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria. Contains over 50,000 curated mtDNA sequences and uses phylo...