Article
More comprehensive forensic genetic marker analyses for accurate human remains identification using massively parallel DNA sequencing.
BMC genomics - 17 Oct 2016
Ambers Angie D, Churchill Jennifer D, King Jonathan L, Stoljarova Monika, Gill-King Harrell, Assidi Mourad, Abu-Elmagd Muhammad, Buhmeida Abdelbaset, Al-Qahtani Mohammed, Budowle Bruce
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although the primary objective of forensic DNA analyses of unidentified human remains is positive identification, cases involving historical or archaeological skeletal remains often lack reference samples for comparison. Massively parallel sequencing (MPS) offers an opportunity to provide biometric data in such cases, and these cases provide valuable data on the feasibility of applying MPS for...
Topics
- Body Remains
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Forensic Genetics
- Genetic Markers
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Sequence Analysis, DNA