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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2021

Internal validation and improvement of mitochondrial genome sequencing using the Precision ID mtDNA Whole Genome Panel.

Christian Faccinetto, Daniele Sabbatini, Patrizia Serventi, Martina Rigato, Cecilia Salvoro, Gianluca Casamassima, Gianluca Margiotta, Sara De Fanti, Stefania Sarno, Nicola Staiti and 3 more

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Christian Faccinetto *Reparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche Di Parma, Sezione Biologia, Parma, Italy. christian.faccinetto@carabinieri.it.
Daniele Sabbatini *Department of Neurosciences DNS, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5525-9576
Patrizia ServentiReparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche Di Parma, Sezione Biologia, Parma, Italy.
Martina RigatoDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Cecilia SalvoroDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Gianluca CasamassimaReparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche Di Parma, Sezione Biologia, Parma, Italy.
Gianluca MargiottaReparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche Di Parma, Sezione Biologia, Parma, Italy.
Sara De FantiDepartment of Biological Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Stefania SarnoDepartment of Biological Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Nicola StaitiReparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche Di Parma, Sezione Biologia, Parma, Italy.
Donata LuiselliDepartment of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy.
Alberto MarinoReparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche Di Parma, Sezione Biologia, Parma, Italy.
Giovanni VazzaDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. giovanni.vazza@unipd.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7900-9398
University of Parma · ITUniversity of Padua · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

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Abstract

With the recent advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS), mitochondrial whole-genome sequencing has begun to be applied to the field of the forensic biology as an alternative to the traditional Sanger-type sequencing (STS). However, experimental workflows, commercial solutions, and output data analysis must be strictly validated before being implemented into the forensic laboratory. In this study, we performed an internal validation for an NGS-based typing of the entire mitochondrial genome using the Precision ID mtDNA Whole Genome Panel (Thermo Fisher Scientific) on the Ion S5 sequencer (Thermo Fisher Scientific). Concordance, repeatability, reproducibility, sensitivity, and heteroplasmy detection analyses were assessed using the 2800 M and 9947A standard control DNA as well as typical casework specimens, and results were compared with conventional Sanger sequencing and another NGS sequencer in a different laboratory. We discuss the strengths and limitations of this approach, highlighting some issues regarding noise thresholds and heteroplasmy detection, and suggesting solutions to mitigate these effects and improve overall data interpretation. Results confirmed that the Precision ID Whole mtDNA Genome Panel is highly reproducible and sensitive, yielding useful full mitochondrial DNA sequences also from challenging DNA specimens, thus providing further support for its use in forensic practice.

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Genome, MitochondrialDNA, MitochondrialHaplotypesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansReproducibility of ResultsSequence Analysis, DNADNA, MitochondrialForensic geneticsInternal validationIon TorrentMassive parallel sequencingNGSWhole mitochondrial genome

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PMID34491421
PMCPMC8523450
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