Differences in Nuclear DNA Preservation in Human Skeletal Remains: Analysis of Burials from Two Historic Cemeteries in Indianapolis, Indiana - Softcover

Kuba, Cassandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838338820 ISBN 13: 9783838338828

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

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The focus of this study is to explore differences in DNA preservation between adult and subadult remains and to determine if enough DNA is present to permit determination of family relatedness. The skeletal remains of eleven adults and seven subadults from two 19th century cemeteries from Indianapolis, Indiana, were tested using nuclear DNA analysis to determine sex, as well as Short Tandem Repeat (STR) primers to explore questions of familial relatedness. The results of the study conclude that biological age does not strongly influence the quantity of human DNA obtained or the quality of lower molecular weight DNA sequences. However, biological age did have an influence on the ability to amplify high molecular weight sequences. The nuclear DNA present in these samples was not preserved well enough to permit familial testing.

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La Dra. Kuba obtuvo su doctorado en antropología en la Universidad Estatal de Arizona en 2006 y es profesora adjunta de antropología en el Departamento de Justicia, Derecho y Sociedad de la Universidad de California en Pensilvania. Sus intereses de investigación se centran en la antropología forense, la bioarqueología, el análisis no métrico y la afiliación biológica.

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• Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3838338820
• ISBN 13: 9783838338828
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 104
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