Confirmation of the identity of human skeletal remains using multiplex PCR amplification and typing kits

M. N. Hochmeister, B. Budowle, U. V. Borer, O. Rudin, M. Bohnert, R. Dirnhofer

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Abstract

The identity of human skeletal remains found in a wooded area approximately one year after the person was reported missing was provisionally established by routine methods and circumstantial evidence. Multiplex PCR systems-the AmpliType® PM PCR Amplification and Typing Kit and the GenePrint(TM) STR Triplex Amplification and Typing Kit-were used to confirm the identification. DNA profiles from femur bone from the remains were compared with profiles derived from head hairs from a hairbrush recovered in the missing woman's apartment. In addition, a sex typing procedure using the X-Y homologous gene amelogenin was carried out. This is the first report of a case using commercially available multiplex PCR amplification and typing kits to confirm the identity of skeletal remains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)701-705
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Forensic Sciences
Volume40
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

Keywords

  • CSF1PO
  • D7S8
  • GC
  • GYPA
  • HBGG
  • HLA DQA1
  • LDLR
  • TH01
  • TPOX
  • amelogenin
  • deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
  • forensic science
  • genetic typing
  • human identification
  • polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
  • sexing
  • short tandem repeats (STR)

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