Pursuing steady improvement in accuracy of personal identification using DNA polymorphisms in the field of Forensic Odontology

本研究的目的是通过充分利用母系遗传的线粒体DNA、父系遗传的Y染色体DNA和X染色体DNA的特征，提高与来自战争中死者及其家属的高度降解DNA进行比较的个人识别准确性，或者识别刑事案件或事故中的受害者是否是日本人。我们已经将研究结果应用于一些例子，并证明了它们的有用性。

This study aims to improve accuracy for personal identificationin the comparison with highly-degraded DNA derived from deceased person in the war and their family members or to identify whether victims in the criminal case or accidents are Japanese or not, by making the best use of characteristics of maternally-inherited mitochondrial DNA and paternally-inherited Y-chromosomal DNA, and X-chromosomal DNA. We have already applied the results of this research to some examples and demonstrated theirusefulness.