. Discussion
Analysis of mtDNA is often useful when the DNA amount in
a sample is too limited or degraded to allow nuclear DNA
analysis. However, different individuals might show identical
HVI/HVII types. In addition, samples where the results are
deemed inconclusive due to a single difference found between a
reference and a forensic sample may or may not originate from
different individuals [5,6]. In order to resolve mtDNA from
different individuals in these situations, analysis of coding
region variation as a complement to the sequencing analysis of
the HVI and II regions can be helpful