Acceptance of domestic cat mitochondrial DNA in a criminal proceeding.
Acceptance of domestic cat mitochondrial DNA in a criminal proceeding.
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在刑事诉讼中接受家猫线粒体 DNA。
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10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.07.007
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2014
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Halverson,JoyL
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Lyons,LeslieA;Grahn,RobertA;Kun,TeriJ;Netzel,LindaR;Wictum,ElizabethE;Halverson,JoyL
家畜脱落的毛发很容易附着在衣服和其他接触物品上，为刑事调查提供了转移证据来源。线粒体DNA通常是对脱发进行DNA分析的唯一选择。人类线粒体DNA分析自1996年以来一直被美国法院系统接受。密苏里州对小亨利·L·波尔克谋杀案的审判。代表了将猫线粒体DNA分析引入证据的第一个法律程序。线粒体DNA证据最初被认为是不可接受的，因为担心CAT数据集和该标记的科学接受度。这些关切随后得到了解决，证据被认为是可以接受的。本报告审查了关于猫的生物学证据及其最终承认为普遍接受和可靠的案件。对猫线粒体DNA控制区数据集的扩展和饱和分析支持对证据的初步解释。
Shed hair from domestic animals readily adheres to clothing and other contact items, providing a source of transfer evidence for criminal investigations. Mitochondrial DNA is often the only option for DNA analysis of shed hair. Human mitochondrial DNA analysis has been accepted in the US court system since 1996. The murder trial of the State of Missouri versus Henry L. Polk, Jr. represents the first legal proceeding where cat mitochondrial DNA analysis was introduced into evidence. The mitochondrial DNA evidence was initially considered inadmissible due to concerns about the cat dataset and the scientific acceptance of the marker. Those concerns were subsequently addressed, and the evidence was deemed admissible. This report reviews the case in regards to the cat biological evidence and its ultimate admission as generally accepted and reliable. Expansion and saturation analysis of the cat mitochondrial DNA control region dataset supported the initial interpretation of the evidence.