Morild Inge, Hamre Stian S, Huel Rene, Parsons Thomas J
Department of Clinical Medicine, Gade Laboratory of Pathology, University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital, 5021, Bergen, Norway.
Department of Archaeology, History, Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Bergen, 5020, Bergen, Norway.
J Forensic Sci. 2015 Jul;60(4):1104-10. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12767. Epub 2015 Mar 24.
This article presents the multidisciplinary effort in trying to identify the skeletal remains of 100 Norwegian soldiers serving in the German army, killed in Karelia Russia in 1944, from the recovery of the remains through the final identification using DNA. Of the 150 bone samples sent for DNA testing, 93 DNA profiles were obtained relating to 57 unique individuals. The relatives could not be directly contacted as the soldiers were considered as traitors to Norway; therefore, only 45 reference samples, relating to 42 cases of the missing, were donated. DNA matches for 14 soldiers and 12 additional body part re-associations for these individuals were found. Another 24 bone samples were re-associated with 16 individuals, but no familial match was found. More than six decades after the end of WWII, DNA analysis can significantly contribute to the identification of the remains.
本文介绍了一项多学科工作，旨在从遗体回收直至最终通过DNA鉴定，来确定1944年在俄罗斯卡累利阿阵亡的100名在德国军队服役的挪威士兵的遗骸身份。在送去进行DNA检测的150份骨骼样本中，获得了与57名不同个体相关的93个DNA图谱。由于这些士兵被视为挪威的叛徒，因此无法直接联系其亲属；所以，仅收到了与42例失踪人员相关的45份参考样本。找到了14名士兵的DNA匹配结果，并为这些人重新关联了另外12个身体部位。另外24份骨骼样本与16名个体重新关联，但未找到家族匹配。二战结束六十多年后，DNA分析能为遗骸鉴定做出重大贡献。
