Individual identification from semen by the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprint technique |
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| Authors: | M Honma T Yoshii I Ishiyama K Mitani R Kominami M Muramatsu |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | For individual identification from semen, the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprint technique was used. In a blind trial, we succeeded in determining the semen donors among several volunteers comparing the DNA fingerprints of the blood and semen samples, respectively. Thereafter, we examined semen in a condom left beside a naked female dead body. The DNA fingerprint of the semen was recognized to be identical to that of the blood from a suspected man arrested later. This is the first report that the DNA fingerprint technique was practically used in a criminal investigation in Japan. |
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