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  • Title: Confirmation of the identity of human skeletal remains using Multiplex PCR Amplification and Typing Kits.
    Author: Hochmeister MN, Budowle B, Borer UV, Rudin O, Bohnert M, Dirnhofer R.
    Journal: J Forensic Sci; 1995 Jul; 40(4):701-5. PubMed ID: 7595314.
    Abstract:
    The identify of human skeletal remains found in a wooded area approximately one year after the person was reported missing was provisionally established by routine methods and circumstantial evidence. Multiplex PCR systems--the AmpliType PM PCR Amplification and Typing Kit and the GenePrint STR Triplex Amplification and Typing Kit--were used to confirm the identification. DNA profiles from femur bone from the remains were compared with profiles derived from head hairs from a hairbrush recovered in the missing woman's apartment. In addition, a sex typing procedure using the X-Y homologous gene amelogenin was carried out. This is the first report of a case using commercially available multiplex PCR amplification and typing kits to confirm the identity of skeletal remains.
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