You are examining evidence from an old crime scene. You have a blood sample, but you believe that the sample may be too degraded to get DNA from. You decide to try to retrieve mtDNA from the sample and compare it to a sample from your suspect. What information could this sample give you?   That the blood at the crime scene belonged to your suspect   That the suspect has blond hair and blue eyes   That there is a maternal relation between the two people   That the person from the crime scene has been near the suspect

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You are examining evidence from an old crime scene. You have a blood sample, but you believe that the sample may be too degraded to get DNA from. You decide to try to retrieve mtDNA from the sample and compare it to a sample from your suspect. What information could this sample give you?

 

That the blood at the crime scene belonged to your suspect

 

That the suspect has blond hair and blue eyes

 

That there is a maternal relation between the two people

 

That the person from the crime scene has been near the suspect

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