Results of the 1999-2000 collaborative exercise and proficiency testing program on mitochondrial DNA of the GEP-ISFG: an inter-laboratory study of the observed variability in the heteroplasmy level of hair from the same donor - PubMed

The 2000-2001 GEP-ISFG Collaborative Exercise on mtDNA: assessing the cause of unsuccessful mtDNA PCR amplification of hair shaft samples.

Prieto L, Montesino M, Salas A, Alonso A, Albarrán C, Alvarez S, Crespillo M, Di Lonardo AM, Doutremepuich C, Fernández-Fernández I, de la Vega AG, Gusmão L, López CM, López-Soto M, Lorente JA, Malaghini M, Martínez CA, Modesti NM, Palacio AM, Paredes M, Pena SD, Pérez-Lezaun A, Pestano JJ, Puente J, Sala A, Vide M, Whittle MR, Yunis JJ, Gómez J; Spanish and Portuguese Working Group of the International Society of Forensic Genetics. Prieto L, et al. Forensic Sci Int. 2003 Jun 24;134(1):46-53. doi: 10.1016/s0379-0738(03)00095-1. Forensic Sci Int. 2003. PMID: 12842357

2006 GEP-ISFG collaborative exercise on mtDNA: reflections about interpretation, artefacts, and DNA mixtures.

Prieto L, Alonso A, Alves C, Crespillo M, Montesino M, Picornell A, Brehm A, Ramírez JL, Whittle MR, Anjos MJ, Boschi I, Buj J, Cerezo M, Cardoso S, Cicarelli R, Comas D, Corach D, Doutremepuich C, Espinheira RM, Fernández-Fernández I, Filippini S, Garcia-Hirschfeld J, González A, Heinrichs B, Hernández A, Leite FP, Lizarazo RP, López-Parra AM, López-Soto M, Lorente JA, Mechoso B, Navarro I, Pagano S, Pestano JJ, Puente J, Raimondi E, Rodríguez-Quesada A, Terra-Pinheiro MF, Vidal-Rioja L, Vullo C, Salas A. Prieto L, et al. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2008 Mar;2(2):126-33. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.10.010. Epub 2007 Nov 9. Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2008. PMID: 19083807