Molecular, forensic and haplotypic inconsistencies regarding the identity of the Ekaterinburg remains

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Knight, A ^a   Zhivotovsky, L A ^b   Kass, D H ^c   Litwin, D E ^d   Green, L D ^e   White, P S ^e   Mountain, J L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Los Alamos National Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC FIGURE; USSR;

BONE AND BONES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUSSIA (PRE-1917);

EID: 1942455326     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460310001652257     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. ANDERSON, S., BANKIER, A. T., BARRELL, B. G., DE BRUIJN, M. H. L., COULSON, A. R., DROUIN, J., EPERON, I. C., NIERLICH, D. P., ROE, B. A., SANGER, F., SCHREIER, P. H., SMITH, A. J. H., STADEN, R., and YOUNG, I. G., 1981, Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome. Nature, 290, 457-465.
2. BAILEY, J. F., RICHARDS, M. B., MACAULAY, V. A., COLSON, I. B., JAMES, I. T., BRADLEY, D. G., HEDGES, R. E. M., and SYKES, B. C., 1996, Ancient DNA suggests a recent expansion of European cattle from a diverse wild progenitor species. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 263, 1467-1473.
3. BURANOV, Y. A., 1994, On the problem of the different versions and historical validity regarding the Ekaterinburg tragedy. In Ekaterinburgskaya Tragediya: Taina Tsarskih Ostankov [The Ekaterinburg Tragedy: a Mystery of Tsar's Remains]. (The Association of the Ural Publishers, Sredneural'skoe Knizhnoe Izdatel'stvo. Ekaterinburg), pp. 20-23 [in Russian].
4. COOPER, A., and POINAR, H., 2000, Ancient DNA: do it right or not at all. Science, 289, 1139.
5. GILL, P., IVANOV, P. L., KIMPTON, C., PIERCY, R., BENSON, N., TULLY, G., EVETT, I., HAGELBERG, E., and SULLIVAN, K., 1994, Identification of the remains of the Romanov family by DNA analysis. Nature Genetics, 6, 130-135.
6. HOFREITER, M., SERRE, D., POINAR, H. N., KUCH, M., and PÄÄBO, S., 2001, Ancient DNA. Nature Reviews Genetics, 2, 353-359.
7. IVANOV, P. L., 1994, Prospects of genetic analysis. In Ekaterinburgskaya Tragediya: Taina Tsarskih Ostankov [The Ekaterinburg Tragedy: a Mystery of Tsar's Remains]. (The Association of the Ural Publishers, Sredneural'skoe Knizhnoe Izdatel'stvo. Ekaterinburg), pp. 100-103 [in Russian].
8. JEHAES, E., TOPRAK, K., VANDERHEYDEN, N., PFEIFFER, H., CASSIMAN, J.-J., BRINKMANN, B., and DECORTE, R., 2001a, Pitfalls in the analysis of mitochondrial DNA from ancient specimens and the consequences for forensic DNA analysis: the historical case of the putative heart of Louis XVII. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 115, 135-141.
9. JEHAES, E., PFEIFFER, H., TOPRAK, K., DECORTE, R., BRINKMANN, B., and CASSIMAN, J.-J., 2001b, Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the putative heart of Louis XVII, son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. European Journal of Human Genetics, 9, 185-190.
10. KOEHLER, L., 1998, Saint Elisabeth The New Martyr (New York: The Orthodox Palestine Society, U.S.A., Inc.).
11. KOLTYPIN-WALLOVSKOY, P. N., MAGEROVSKY, E. L., and SCHERBATOW, A. P., 1998, Memorandum No. 3 (open letter to the President of Russia). The Russian Expert Commission Abroad, Stratford, Connecticut, USA.
12. KRINGS, M., STONE, A., SCHMITZ, R. W., KRAINITZKI, H., STONEKING, M., and PÄÄBO, S., 1997, Neanderthal DNA sequences and the origin of modern humans. Cell, 90, 19-30.
13. KRUKOV, V. N., 1994, The characteristics of mechanical damage to the bones and skeletons. In Ekaterinburgskaya Tragediya: Taina Tsarskih Ostankov [The Ekaterinburg Tragedy: a Mystery of Tsar's Remains], edited by N. E. Chuprjakova. (The Association of the Ural Publishers, Sredneural'skoe Knizhnoe Izdatel'stvo. Ekaterinburg), pp. 92-94 [in Russian].
14. MASSIE, R. K., 1995, The Romanovs: The Final Chapter (New York: Random House).
15. MCNEAL, S., 2001, The Secret Plot to Save the Tsar (New York: HarperCollins).
16. MILLAR, L., 1991, Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Russia (Redding, CA: Nikodemos Orthodox Publication Society).
17. O'CONOR, J. F., 1971, The Sokolov Investigation (New York: Speller and Sons).
18. RICHARDS, M., MACAULAY, V., HICKEY, E., VEGA, E., SYKES, B., GUIDA, V., RENGO, C., SELLITTO, D., CRUCIANI, F., KIVISILD, T., VILLEMS, R., THOMAS, M., RYCHKOV, S., RYCHKOV, O., RYCHKOV, Y., GÖLGE, M., DIMITROV, D., HILL, E., BRADLEY, D., ROMANO, V., CALÌ, F., VONA, G., DEMAINE, A., PAPIHA, S., TRIANTAPHYLLIDIS, C., STEFANESCU, G., HATINA, J., BELLEDI, M., DI RIENZO, A., NOVELLETTO, A., OPPENHEIM, A., NØRBY, S., AL-ZAHERI, N., SANTACHIARA-BENERECETTI, S., SCOZZARI, R., TORRONI, A., and BANDELT, H.-J., 2000, Tracing European founder lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA pool. American Journal of Human Genetics, 67, 1251-1276. Available at: http://www.stats.ox.ac. uk/~macaulay/founder2000/index.html.
19. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION, 1998, Materialy Pravitelstvennoy Komissii. Protokol #9 [The documents of the Russian Governmental Commission]. Available at: http://romanovy.narod.ru/protocol.htm, and http://romanovy.narod. ru/protocol.ntm%20%5Bin%20Russian%5D.
20. SOKOLOV, N., 1925, Ubiystvo Tsarskoy Sem'i [The Execution of the Tsar's Family] (Slovo: Berlin) [in Russian]; 2nd edn, 1978 (Buenos Aires: El Verbo Ruso) [in Russian].
21. STONE, A. C., STARRS, J. E., and STONEKING, M., 2001, Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the presumptive remains of Jesse James. Journal of Forensic Science, 46, 173-176.
22. SUMMERS, A., and MANGOLD, T., 1976, The File on the Tsar (London: Victor Gollancz).
23. ZHIVOTOVSKY, L. A., 1999, Recognition of the remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his family: a case of premature identification? Annals of Human Biology, 26, 569-577.