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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 701-705 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Forensic Sciences |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 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)