Mitochondrial DNA sequence heteroplasmy in the Grand Duke of Russia Georgij Romanov establishes the authenticity of the remains of Tsar Nicholas II
@article{Ivanov1996MitochondrialDS, title={Mitochondrial DNA sequence heteroplasmy in the Grand Duke of Russia Georgij Romanov establishes the authenticity of the remains of Tsar Nicholas II}, author={P. Ivanov and M. Wadhams and R. Roby and M. Holland and V. Weedn and T. Parsons}, journal={Nature Genetics}, year={1996}, volume={12}, pages={417-420} }
In 1991, nine sets of skeletal remains were excavated from a mass grave near Yekaterinburg, Russia which were believed to include the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, the Tsarina Alexandra, and three of their daughters1. Nuclear DNA testing of the remains verified such a family group, and mito-chondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences of the presumed Tsarina matched a known maternal relative, Prince Philip2. mtDNA sequences from bone of the presumed Tsar matched two living maternal relatives except at a single… CONTINUE READING
Topics from this paper
270 Citations
The execution of the Romanov family at Yekatarinberg
- History, Medicine
- Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology
- 2020
Mitochondrial DNA analysis of the presumptive remains of Jesse James.
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of forensic sciences
- 2001
- 49
- PDF
Analysis of Heteroplasmy in Hypervariable Region II of Mitochondrial DNA in Maternally Related Individuals
- Biology, Medicine
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- 2005
- 10
Genomic identification in the historical case of the Nicholas II royal family
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2009
- 41
- PDF
Critique of interpretation of high levels of heteroplasmy in the human mitochondrial DNA hypervariable region I from hair.
- Biology, Medicine
- Forensic science international
- 2002
- 38
Recognition of the remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his family: a case of premature identification?
- Medicine
- Annals of human biology
- 1999
- 13
Molecular genetic analysis of 400-year-old human remains found in two Yakut burial sites.
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of physical anthropology
- 2006
- 27
Mitochondrial heteroplasmy among maternally related individuals
- Biology, Medicine
- International Journal of Legal Medicine
- 2000
- 49
Genetic analysis of human remains from a double inhumation in a frozen kurgan in Kazakhstan (Berel site, Early 3rd Century BC)
- Biology, Medicine
- International Journal of Legal Medicine
- 2002
- 47
Genetic analysis of human remains found in two eighteenth century Yakut graves at At-Dabaan
- Biology, Medicine
- International Journal of Legal Medicine
- 2003
- 21
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 16 REFERENCES
Identification of the remains of the Romanov family by DNA analysis
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature Genetics
- 1994
- 573
- PDF
Mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in Drosophila mauritiana.
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- 1983
- 113
- PDF
Length heteroplasmy in the first hypervariable segment of the human mtDNA control region.
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of human genetics
- 1995
- 239
Replacement of bovine mitochondrial DNA by a sequence variant within one generation.
- Biology, Medicine
- Genetics
- 1991
- 155
- PDF
New approaches to dating suggest a recent age for the human mtDNA ancestor.
- Biology, Medicine
- Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
- 1992
- 130
DNA extraction from Pleistocene bones by a silica-based purification method.
- Biology, Medicine
- Nucleic acids research
- 1993
- 475
- PDF
Segregation of mitochondrial genomes in a heteroplasmic lineage with Leber hereditary optic neuroretinopathy.
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of human genetics
- 1990
- 64
Nucleotide sequence preservation of human mitochondrial DNA.
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- 1985
- 93
- PDF
Heteroplasmy in the control region of human mitochondrial DNA.
- Biology, Medicine
- Genome research
- 1995
- 75
- PDF
Unequal partitioning of bovine mitochondrial genotypes among siblings.
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- 1988
- 99
- PDF