Chemical elemental distribution and soil DNA fingerprints provide the critical evidence in murder case investigation (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Chemical elemental distribution and soil DNA fingerprints provide the critical evidence in murder case investigation (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2011-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1371/journal.pone.0020222 (literal)
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  • Concheri G; Bertoldi D; Polone E; Otto S; Larcher R; Squartini A (2011)
    Chemical elemental distribution and soil DNA fingerprints provide the critical evidence in murder case investigation
    in PloS one; PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE, SAN FRANCISCO (Stati Uniti d'America)
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  • Concheri G; Bertoldi D; Polone E; Otto S; Larcher R; Squartini A (literal)
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  • University of Padova, Dipartimento Biotecnol Agr, Padua, Italy; National Research Council-CNR, Inst Agroenvironm & Forest Biol (IBAF-CNR), Padova, Italy IASMA Edmund Mach Fdn, San Michele All Adige, Trento, Italy (literal)
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  • Chemical elemental distribution and soil DNA fingerprints provide the critical evidence in murder case investigation (literal)
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  • Background: The scientific contribution to the solution of crime cases, or throughout the consequent forensic trials, is a crucial aspect of the justice system. The possibility to extract meaningful information from trace amounts of samples, and to match and validate evidences with robust and unambiguous statistical tests, are the key points of such process. The present report is the authorized disclosure of an investigation, carried out by Attorney General appointment, on a murder case in northern Italy, which yielded the critical supporting evidence for the judicial trial. Methodology/Principal Findings: The proportional distribution of 54 chemical elements and the bacterial community DNA fingerprints were used as signature markers to prove the similarity of two soil samples. The first soil was collected on the crime scene, along a corn field, while the second was found in trace amounts on the carpet of a car impounded from the main suspect in a distant location. The matching similarity of the two soils was proven by crossing the results of two independent techniques: a) elemental analysis via inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) approaches, and b) amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis by gel electrophoresis (ARDRA). Conclusions: Besides introducing the novel application of these methods to forensic disciplines, the highly accurate level of resolution observed, opens new possibilities also in the fields of soil typing and tracking, historical analyses, geochemical surveys and global land mapping. (literal)
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