ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2014
DNA survival and physical and histological properties of heat-induced alterations in burnt bones.
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- The use of gelling agents to preserve burnt teeth within the dental alveoli for dental human identification - a study utilising sheep mandibles.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2021Article
- Profiling of human burned bones: oxidising versus reducing conditions.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- Disaster victim identification operations with fragmented, burnt, or commingled remains: experience-based recommendations.Forensic sciences research · 2020Review
- Colourimetric analysis of thermally altered human bone samples.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Genome-Wide DNA from Degraded Petrous Bones and the Assessment of Sex and Probable Geographic Origins of Forensic Cases.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- The utilization of small amounts of residual endodontic material for dental identification.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2019Article
- The use of incinerated pig head in dental identification simulation.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2015Article
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Abstract
During forensic casework, it is vital to be able to obtain valuable information from burnt bone fragments to ascertain the identity of the victim. Here, we report the findings of an experimental study on burnt bovine compact bone segments. Compact bones were cut to size and heated in an electric furnace at a temperature range of 100–1,100 °C with 100 °C increments. Heat-induced alterations to the bone color,weight, volume, and density were monitored using gross morphology and micro-focus X-ray computed tomography.We found that the increase in temperature caused the color of the compact bones to change in order of yellow, brown, gray,and white. In contrast to the weight reduction that occurred immediately after burning, we measured no significant reduction in volume even at 600 °C; however, volume reduced drastically once the temperature reached 700 °C. Light microscopic histological observations of burnt bone revealed heat induced alterations such as cracking and separation of the osteons at higher temperatures. In addition to these findings,we sought to examine the survival of DNA in the burnt bones using polymerase chain reaction of mitochondrial DNA. No amplification was found in the specimens burnt at 250 °C or higher, indicating the likely difficulty in testing the DNA of burnt bones from forensic casework. The results of this study will enable an estimation of the burning temperatures of burnt bones found in forensic cases and will provide an important framework with which to interpret data obtained during anthropological testing and DNA typing.
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