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Case Report

Identification of Skeletal Remains Using Genetic Profiling: A Case Linking Italy and Poland

by
Francesca Tarantino
1,
Luigi Buongiorno
1,
Benedetta Pia De Luca
1,
Alessandra Stellacci
1,
Michele Di Landro
1,
Gabriele Vito Sebastiani
1,
Gerardo Cazzato
2,*,
Stefania Lonero Baldassarra
1,
Emilio Nuzzolese
3 and
Maricla Marrone
1,*
1
Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
2
Section of Molecular Pathology, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
3
Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Turin, 10121 Turin, Italy
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Genes 2023, 14(1), 134; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010134
Submission received: 22 November 2022 / Revised: 21 December 2022 / Accepted: 29 December 2022 / Published: 3 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Technologies and Resources for Genetics)
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Abstract

Forensic genetics is a rapidly evolving science thanks to the growing variety of genetic markers, the establishment of faster, less error-prone sequencing technologies, and the engineering of bioinformatics models, methods, and structures. In the early 2000s, the need emerged to create an international genetic database for forensic purposes. This paper describes a judicial investigation of skeletal remains to identify the subject using various methods. The anthropological examination of the remains allowed identification of the Caucasoid (European) ethnic group, a height of 156 ± 4 cm, and an age between 47 and 50 years. The genetic profiles obtained from typing several microsatellites made it possible to evaluate the compatibility between the skeletal remains and the suspected decedent. To identify the remains, the two extrapolated genetic profiles were compared. The case described highlights the central role of forensic genetics in identifying skeleton remains by means of comparison.
Keywords: skeletal remains identification; forensic genetics; Prüm convention; forensic pathology skeletal remains identification; forensic genetics; Prüm convention; forensic pathology

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Tarantino, F.; Buongiorno, L.; Luca, B.P.D.; Stellacci, A.; Landro, M.D.; Sebastiani, G.V.; Cazzato, G.; Baldassarra, S.L.; Nuzzolese, E.; Marrone, M. Identification of Skeletal Remains Using Genetic Profiling: A Case Linking Italy and Poland. Genes 2023, 14, 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010134

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Tarantino F, Buongiorno L, Luca BPD, Stellacci A, Landro MD, Sebastiani GV, Cazzato G, Baldassarra SL, Nuzzolese E, Marrone M. Identification of Skeletal Remains Using Genetic Profiling: A Case Linking Italy and Poland. Genes. 2023; 14(1):134. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010134

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Tarantino, Francesca, Luigi Buongiorno, Benedetta Pia De Luca, Alessandra Stellacci, Michele Di Landro, Gabriele Vito Sebastiani, Gerardo Cazzato, Stefania Lonero Baldassarra, Emilio Nuzzolese, and Maricla Marrone. 2023. "Identification of Skeletal Remains Using Genetic Profiling: A Case Linking Italy and Poland" Genes 14, no. 1: 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010134

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Tarantino, F., Buongiorno, L., Luca, B. P. D., Stellacci, A., Landro, M. D., Sebastiani, G. V., Cazzato, G., Baldassarra, S. L., Nuzzolese, E., & Marrone, M. (2023). Identification of Skeletal Remains Using Genetic Profiling: A Case Linking Italy and Poland. Genes, 14(1), 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14010134

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