Forensic science international. Genetics
Using autosomal and X-chromosomal SNPs to identify a victim of the 1956 Marcinelle mining disaster.
Magnus D Vigeland, Stijn Desmyter, Pernilla Haage, Henrik Nordtorp, Femke Van Puymbrouck, Adam Staadig, Andreas Tillmar, Beatrijs Vanhooydonck, Thore Egeland
Published: 202510.1016/j.fsigen.2025.103409
Abstract
The 1956 mining disaster in Marcinelle, Belgium, claimed 262 lives, among them 14 victims who could not be identified at the time. Their remains were exhumed in 2021 for identification, including DNA testing. We report here on the successful genetic…
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