Genomic identification in the historical case of the Nicholas II royal family

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5258-5263

  Rogaev, Evgeny I ^a,b,c,d   Grigorenko, Anastasia P ^b,d   Moliaka, Yuri K ^b   Faskhutdinova, Gulnaz ^b   Goltsov, Andrey ^d   Lahti, Arlene ^e   Hildebrandt, Curtis ^e   Kittler, Ellen L W ^b   Morozova, Irina ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^e Molecular World Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complete mitochondrial genome; Genetic identification; Historical relics human; STR profile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUROPE; FAMILY; FAMOUS PERSONS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; RUSSIA;

EID: 65249147766     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811190106     Document Type: Article

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