Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

DNA located in mitochondria rather than the cell nucleus, present in hundreds to thousands of copies per cell. Because it is maternally inherited and high-copy, it can be amplified from teeth where nuclear DNA is absent, fragmented, or too degraded for STR profiling.

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Dental DNA, Tooth Sampling and Molecular Identification

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)

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