Abstract
The FBI Laboratory has developed the COmbined DNA Index System (CODIS) to assist in resolving crimes, particularly violent crimes, and prevent further crimes by quickly identifying recidivists. CODIS enables laboratories, both nationally and internationally, to exchange and compare DNA profiles electronically, thereby linking crimes committed by the same individual and/or to convicted offenders whose DNA profiles reside in the databank. In addition to the core short tandem repeat (STR) loci in CODIS, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) population data have recently been added. This new component of CODIS, called CODIS MT, will be particularly useful in resolving crimes as well as assisting in the identification of the remains of missing persons.
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