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Developing an empirically based ranking order for bone sampling [Documento electrónico] : examining the differential DNA yield rates between human skeletal elements over increasing post mortem intervals / Amy Z. Mundorff, Jonathan Davoren, Shannon Weitz.- [Rockville, MD] : National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS), 2013.- 1 CD-ROM ; 12 cm
Research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. NIJ Award Number: 2010-DN-BX-K229. Ficheiro de 2,88 MB em formato PDF (78 p.).
ANÁLISE DE VESTÍGIOS, ADN, IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE PESSOAS
"This study established an empirically based ranking of skeletal elements according to each bone’s capacity to provide usable genetic material for a DNA identification and assessed how these results varied over longer post mortem intervals (PMI). Currently, selecting skeletal elements for DNA testing is based on the collective wisdom of practitioners who suggest weight-bearing long bones over all other elements. Recent evidence questions the accuracy of this collective wisdom. This study evaluated the differential yield and preservation of DNA by skeletal element in a single individual, replacing intuition with empirically based data to increase the likelihood of successfully generating a DNA profile from skeletal material. A two-phase study was conducted to accomplish these goals.