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lidoalex

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Name one advantage and three disadvantages of mtDNA analysis compared to nuclear DNA profiling.
 
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Reply #1 on: Aug 17, 2018
Answer to Question 1

One advantage of mtDNA analysis is that it is significantly more sensitive than nuclear DNA profiling. The disadvantages are that mtDNA analysis is more time consuming, and more costly than nuclear DNA profiling. Also, mtDNA has far less discrimating power than do STRs.

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Reply 2 on: Aug 17, 2018
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