Question

How is mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) typing used in forensic science?

Answer 1

mtDNA is a genome inside the mitochondria outside the cell's nucleus
valuable tool used to get the source of dna from small or damaged biological samples

Answer 2

The crime scene has many evidences which can help to identify the criminal. The DNA sample that is found at the crime scene is matched with the unknown DNA.

This is the method by which the Mitochondrial DNA can be used for knowing the criminal.

The unknown sample of DNA is matched with the sample of DNA after amplification. The amplified sample might match with the sample or might not match with the unknown sample.