Bona fide colour: DNA prediction of human eye and hair colour from ancient and contemporary skeletal remains.

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Background

DNA analysis of ancient skeletal remains is invaluable in evolutionary biology for exploring the history of species, including humans. Contemporary human bones and teeth, however, are relevant in forensic DNA analyses that deal with the identification of perpetrators, missing persons, disaster victims or family relationships. They may also provide useful information towards unravelling controversies that surround famous historical individuals. Retrieving information about a deceased person's externally visible characteristics can be informative in both types of DNA analyses. Recently, we demonstrated that human eye and hair colour can be reliably predicted from DNA using the HIrisPlex system. Here we test the feasibility of the novel HIrisPlex system a

SUBMITTER: Draus-Barini J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3551694 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature