Table 1.
Summary of type of bone sample received for DNA analysis and the success rate of HVR-I and HVR-2 mtDNA by polymerase chain reaction and subsequent sequence analysis
| Sample type | No. | Successful typing |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| HVR-1 | HVR-2 | ||
| Femur | 78 | 76 | 70 |
| Tibia | 12 | 11 | 10 |
| Humerus | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| Ulna | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Radius | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Undefined long bones | 21 | 21 | 19 |
| Long bones | 140 | 135 (96.4%) | 127 (90.7%) |
| Clavicula | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| Skull | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Mandibula | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Pelvis | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Tarsalia | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Scapula | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Vertebra | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Digitus | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Small bones | 41 | 32 (78.0%) | 21 (51.2%) |
| Total combined | 181 | 167 (92.3%) | 148 (81.8%) |