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Standardisation of nomenclature for dog mtDNA D-loop: a prerequisite for launching a Canis familiaris database

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 141; Issue: 2-3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.12.014

1872-6283

Luı́sa Pereira, Bárbara van Asch, António Amorim,

Identification and Quantification in Food

Domestic dogs are increasingly involved, often as protagonists, in the forensic scene. Acknowledging this fact and benefiting from the accumulated experience on human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analyses, we propose a standard for Canis familiaris mtDNA sequences as a prerequisite for the launching of the corresponding database.