Bringing colour back after 70 years: Predicting eye and hair colour from skeletal remains of World War II victims using the HIrisPlex system

Highlights • DNA analysis from skeletal remains is crucial for missing person identification. • STR profiling is only suitable if ante-mortem samples or relatives are available. • If unavailable, appearance DNA prediction can provide leads to find relatives. • The HIrisPlex system allows eye and hai...

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Published in:Forensic science international : genetics 2017-01, Vol.26, p.48-57
Main Authors: Chaitanya, Lakshmi, Pajnič, Irena Zupanič, Walsh, Susan, Balažic, Jože, Zupanc, Tomaž, Kayser, Manfred
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amelogenin - genetics
Bone and Bones - chemistry
Datasets as Topic
DNA - genetics
DNA Fingerprinting
Eye Color - genetics
Eye colour
Forensic DNA Phenotyping
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Hair Color - genetics
Hair colour
HIrisPlex
Humans
Mass graves
Microsatellite Repeats
Models, Genetic
Pathology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Skeletal remains
Slovenia
Tooth - chemistry
World War II
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Summary:Highlights • DNA analysis from skeletal remains is crucial for missing person identification. • STR profiling is only suitable if ante-mortem samples or relatives are available. • If unavailable, appearance DNA prediction can provide leads to find relatives. • The HIrisPlex system allows eye and hair colour prediction from DNA. • We find HIrisPlex suitable for analysing remains of World War II victims
ISSN:1872-4973
1878-0326
DOI:10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.10.004