Fiser: Recovering the Romanovs (another very interesting homework assignment
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1) What forensic methods were utilized to identify the bodies found in the grave?
A Forensic Anthropologist was brought in to analyze the bones. A Forensic
dentist analyzed the teeth, and a Forensic criminalist analyzed the trace
evidence. mtDNA was extracted from the bones and compared to a relative
from the same maternal line.
2) Why was mitochondrial DNA utilized for the DNA typing?
mtDNA is transferred from the only the mother from the maternal cytoplasm
of the egg and is the same as her mother and her mother etc.
3) Is Anna Anderson Anastasia Romanov? No Anna Anderson was a fraud.
Read the pdf article “Mystery Solved by Coble et al. (2009) which was published
after the initial DNA study was completed – it can be found in BB.
1) What information does this article contribute to the mystery of the Romanovs?
The information in this article is an extension of the mtDNA testing in detail.
Information for HVI and HVII similarities in the mtDNA testing are included. It
accounts for the comparisons at each autosomal STR locus and the identification
of the particular alleles found at each locus. It also provides information of the
analysis of the alleles of the Y-STR.
Recovering the Romanovs - DNA Learning Center DNA Interactive
http://www.dnai.org/d/
Click on the “Recovering the Romanovs” button and complete the exercise. Answer
the questions below: