Progress in individual identification of burned bones.
- Author:
Hai-dong LIU
1
;
Fu REN
;
Rui-xian XING
;
Lin-guo PEI
Author Information
1. Research Institute of Anthropology, Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou 121000, China. liuhaidong_2008@163.com
- Publication Type:Review
- MeSH:
Bone and Bones/pathology*;
Burns/pathology*;
DNA/analysis*;
Disasters;
Fires;
Forensic Genetics;
Hot Temperature;
Humans;
Microsatellite Repeats/genetics*;
Paternity
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2009;25(1):61-62
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The burned bone DNA test have became more and more important in identifying the individuals and paternity involved in the fire, explosion disasters as well as burn corpse crimes. As an important genetic marker system, STR has been widely used in forensic individual identification, paternity test and other fields. In this article, the influence of burned temperature and time to STR typing was reviewed, the choice of STR locus and DNA extraction methods were discussed about burned bones.
