Identification by DNA analysis of the victims of the August 1996 Spitsbergen civil aircraft disaster.
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TextPublication details: [United States : s.n.], 1997Description: [4] p. : illSubject: Disaster victim identification traditionally relies on the combined efforts of police, dentists and pathologists, comparing ante mortem data from the missing persons with post mortem data from the dead bodies. In Western countries, dental evidence has ordinarily played the major role. DNA analysis has been used successfully in a number of large accidents to associate body parts and for purposes of identification, by comparing victims' DNA profiles with those of relatives. However, DNA typing is still not generally regarded as an essential part of disaster victim identification. Facing the August 1996 Spitsbergen aircraft accident in which 141 Russians and Ukranians died and anticipating scanty ante mortem dental data, it was decided to use DNA profile analysis as the primary identification method. Material collected at the scene from all body parts, and blood samples from relatives were analysed at eight polymorphic microsatellite and minisatellite loci. This investigation indicates that it might be feasible to replace traditional identification efforts with DNA typing
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Reprinted from Nature Genetics; 1997; Vol.15; p. 402-405
Disaster victim identification traditionally relies on the combined efforts of police, dentists and pathologists, comparing ante mortem data from the missing persons with post mortem data from the dead bodies. In Western countries, dental evidence has ordinarily played the major role. DNA analysis has been used successfully in a number of large accidents to associate body parts and for purposes of identification, by comparing victims' DNA profiles with those of relatives. However, DNA typing is still not generally regarded as an essential part of disaster victim identification. Facing the August 1996 Spitsbergen aircraft accident in which 141 Russians and Ukranians died and anticipating scanty ante mortem dental data, it was decided to use DNA profile analysis as the primary identification method. Material collected at the scene from all body parts, and blood samples from relatives were analysed at eight polymorphic microsatellite and minisatellite loci. This investigation indicates that it might be feasible to replace traditional identification efforts with DNA typing
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