Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in the emerging field of massively parallel sequencing

Highlights • We provide an update on developments in mtDNA forensic genetics.• We review the recent literature for the detection of heteroplasmy using next generation sequencing techniques.• We highlight artefacts and problems in datasets.• We discuss the implications for forensic practice.

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