Integrated DNA and fingerprint analyses in the identification of 60-year-old mummified human remains discovered in an alaskan glacier

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 813-818

  Loreille, Odile M ^a   Parr, Ryan L ^b   McGregor, Kevin A ^c   Fitzpatrick, Colleen M ^c   Lyon, Chriss ^d   Yang, Dongya Y ^e   Speller, Camilla F ^e   Grimm, Michael R ^f   Grimm, Michael J ^f   Irwin, Jodi A ^a   Robinson, Edward M ^g  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Genesis Genomics Inc   (Canada)

^c Yeiser and Associates   (United States)

^d Berrien County Sheriff's Department   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Evident   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Embalming; Fingerprint analysis; Forensic genealogy; Forensic science; Interdisciplinary; Low copy number STR; Merchant mariners; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HAND; HUMAN; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; Y CHROMOSOME; PROCEDURES;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ARM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMBALMING; HAND; HUMANS; ICE COVER; MALE; MUMMIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 77951095364     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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