CASE REPORT CRIMINALISTICS; ANTHROPOLOGY Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan Glacier
ABSTRACT: This report describes the identification of a merchant mariner who perished in 1948 when Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a DC-4 carrying 24 seamen and six crew members crashed into Mount Sanford, Alaska. Fifty-one years later, a human forearm and hand were found close by the wreckage of th...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.1050.3989 2023-05-15T16:20:38+02:00 CASE REPORT CRIMINALISTICS; ANTHROPOLOGY Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan Glacier Odile M Loreille Ph D Ryan L Parr Kevin A Mcgregor B S Colleen M Fitzpatrick Chriss Lyon Dongya Y Yang Ph.D.; Camilla F Speller M A Michael R Grimm C P L E Michael J Grimm Jodi A Irwin Edward M Robinson M F S The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1050.3989 http://www.sfu.ca/%7Edonyang/adnaweb/Loreille%20OM%20JFS2010.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1050.3989 http://www.sfu.ca/%7Edonyang/adnaweb/Loreille%20OM%20JFS2010.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.sfu.ca/%7Edonyang/adnaweb/Loreille%20OM%20JFS2010.pdf text ftciteseerx 2020-04-05T00:28:00Z ABSTRACT: This report describes the identification of a merchant mariner who perished in 1948 when Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a DC-4 carrying 24 seamen and six crew members crashed into Mount Sanford, Alaska. Fifty-one years later, a human forearm and hand were found close by the wreckage of the plane, prompting identification efforts using DNA and fingerprints. There were significant challenges to both the fingerprint and DNA analyses. The hand was badly desiccated, making fingerprint friction-ridge detail almost invisible and the remains had been embalmed upon discovery, making DNA amplification difficult. We present the results of an interdisciplinary approach that successfully addressed these challenges and ultimately led to the identification of the remains. These efforts relied on efficient fingerprint rejuvenation and imaging techniques that improved print resolution, as well as new DNA extraction techniques optimized for aggressively embalmed remains. Text glacier Alaska Unknown Mount Sanford ENVELOPE(-132.820,-132.820,59.499,59.499) |
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ABSTRACT: This report describes the identification of a merchant mariner who perished in 1948 when Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a DC-4 carrying 24 seamen and six crew members crashed into Mount Sanford, Alaska. Fifty-one years later, a human forearm and hand were found close by the wreckage of the plane, prompting identification efforts using DNA and fingerprints. There were significant challenges to both the fingerprint and DNA analyses. The hand was badly desiccated, making fingerprint friction-ridge detail almost invisible and the remains had been embalmed upon discovery, making DNA amplification difficult. We present the results of an interdisciplinary approach that successfully addressed these challenges and ultimately led to the identification of the remains. These efforts relied on efficient fingerprint rejuvenation and imaging techniques that improved print resolution, as well as new DNA extraction techniques optimized for aggressively embalmed remains. |
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Odile M Loreille Ph D Ryan L Parr Kevin A Mcgregor B S Colleen M Fitzpatrick Chriss Lyon Dongya Y Yang Ph.D.; Camilla F Speller M A Michael R Grimm C P L E Michael J Grimm Jodi A Irwin Edward M Robinson M F S |
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Odile M Loreille Ph D Ryan L Parr Kevin A Mcgregor B S Colleen M Fitzpatrick Chriss Lyon Dongya Y Yang Ph.D.; Camilla F Speller M A Michael R Grimm C P L E Michael J Grimm Jodi A Irwin Edward M Robinson M F S CASE REPORT CRIMINALISTICS; ANTHROPOLOGY Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan Glacier |
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Odile M Loreille Ph D Ryan L Parr Kevin A Mcgregor B S Colleen M Fitzpatrick Chriss Lyon Dongya Y Yang Ph.D.; Camilla F Speller M A Michael R Grimm C P L E Michael J Grimm Jodi A Irwin Edward M Robinson M F S |
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CASE REPORT CRIMINALISTICS; ANTHROPOLOGY Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan Glacier |
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CASE REPORT CRIMINALISTICS; ANTHROPOLOGY Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan Glacier |
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CASE REPORT CRIMINALISTICS; ANTHROPOLOGY Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan Glacier |
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CASE REPORT CRIMINALISTICS; ANTHROPOLOGY Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan Glacier |
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CASE REPORT CRIMINALISTICS; ANTHROPOLOGY Integrated DNA and Fingerprint Analyses in the Identification of 60-Year-Old Mummified Human Remains Discovered in an Alaskan Glacier |
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case report criminalistics; anthropology integrated dna and fingerprint analyses in the identification of 60-year-old mummified human remains discovered in an alaskan glacier |
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