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Individual identification of cats and dogs using mitochondrial DNA tandem repeats?
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Individual identification of cats and dogs using mitochondrial DNA tandem repeats?

  • Fridez F Institut de Police Scientifique et de Criminologie, University of Lausanne, Bâtiment de Chimie, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland.
  • Rochat S
  • Coquoz R
  • 2000-05-05
Published in:
  • Science & justice : journal of the Forensic Science Society. - 1999
Animals
Cats
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Mitochondrial
Dogs
Forensic Medicine
Hair
Tandem Repeat Sequences
English Cats and dogs are very common animals in the human environment. In Switzerland, one in five households owns a cat or a dog. Their hairs are very easily transferred and could be used as a frequent trace evidence. Using DNA analysis, identification of these animals should be possible as it is in human identification. However, most of the time, no nuclear DNA can be recovered from the hair. It is therefore necessary to rely on mtDNA. Cats and dogs have tandemly repeated sequences in their mtDNA control region. In this study, the authors show that these tandem repeats are very polymorphic but are also the source of a very high level of heteroplasmy. The authors, therefore, examined if this might prevent their use in forensic identification.
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  • English
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