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July 1999 Volume 1 Number
2
Mitochondrial DNA Analysis
at the FBI Laboratory
Figure 1
Types of DNA

Nuclear DNA has a smaller
number of copies per cell than mitochondrial DNA and is inherited
from both parents. Mitochondrial DNA is maternally inherited
without recombination and, thus, is not unique to an individual.
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