Individual genetic identification of biological samples: a case of an aircraft accident.
In 2003, an aircraft accident occurred in the Madeira island north coast, in which 10 persons (4 female and 6 male) have died. STRs (autosomic and Y-chromosome) and mtDNA were made in order to identify the recovered human body remains and results compared with relatives.
Anjos
M J
MJ
Delegation of Coimbra, Genetic Forensic Service, National Institute of Legal Medicine, 3000-213 Coimbra, Portugal. geneforense@dcinml.mj.pt
Carvalho
M
M
Andrade
L
L
Lopes
V
V
Serra
A
A
Batista
L
L
Oliveira
C
C
Tavares
C
C
Balsa
F
F
Corte-Real
F
F
Vieira
D N
DN
Vide
M C
MC
D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial