Name two advantages and two disadvantages of mitochondrial DNA analysis compared to nuclear DNA analysis.
What will be an ideal response?
Mitochondrial DNA is much more abundant in the body than is nuclear DNA, so it can be more readily recovered for analysis. In addition, a matching sample of a person’s mtDNA can be obtained from any maternally related relative. Also, mtDNA analysis is significantly more sensitive than nuclear DNA profiling. Disadvantages include the fact that individuals of the same maternal lineage are indistinguishable by mtDNA analysis, and, even under the best circumstances, mtDNA typing does not approach STR analysis in its discrimination power. Thus, mtDNA analysis is best reserved for samples for which nuclear DNA typing is simply not possible.
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