title: Additional approaches to DNA typing of skeletal remains: the search for "missing" persons killed during the last dictatorship in Argentina.
abstract: DNA typing techniques are among the most advanced tools for human identification and can contribute to the identification of poorly preserved skeletal remains. Ten thousand people are thought to have been killed during the last dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983) and there are few official records on the identity of the victims or the location of burials. A mass grave containing 340 skeletons was excavated using archeological methods. A small number of individuals was identified by traditional forensic methods and one family group by mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. Due to the lack of antemortem physical information on many of the victims, the application of molecular methods is imperative to speed up the identification process. We have tested two molecular screening methods, Y chromosome-specific short tandem repeats (DYS19, DYS385, DYS389 I, DYS389 II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393) and amplification of autosomal microsatellites using nested primers. These methods can complement solely matrilineal mtDNA sequence data in the identification of "missing" persons.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Huellas Digitales Genéticas y Cat. de Genética y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. SHDG@huemul.FFyB.UBA.AR
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sala
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Penacino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iannucci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doretti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fondebrider
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ginarte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inchaurregui
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Somigliana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hagelberg
mesh_terms: D001118:Argentina; D001483:Base Sequence; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry*; D003415:Crime; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D010375:Pedigree; D014998:Y Chromosome
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial