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. 2009 Dec 16;4(12):e8319. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008319

Table 5. The archaeological samples analyzed from the Tomb of the Shroud (SC) and the molecular results for each genetic target.

Sample Tested Description Haplo mtDNA Sexing M. tuberculosis M. leprae
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Amel ARX ARY S12 IS6110 RLEP 18kDa
SC1 T1a Tooth + + + + + + + + +
SC1 B1a Bone fragment
SC1 B2a Bone fragment + + +
SC1 B3a Phalange +
SC1 B4ab Bone fragment + + + + + + + + +
SC1 B5ab Phalange + + + + +
SC1 F1 Textile (white fibers)
SC1 F2 Textile (brown fibers)
SC1 F3 Textile (wool fibers) + + +
SC1 H1 Human hair + +
SC2 T1ab Adult molar tooth H, V + + + + +
SC2 T2b Infant tooth H, V + +
SC2 T3a Infant tooth H + +
SC2 B1 Infant bone fragment H +
SC4 T1 Adult tooth crown T3 + +
SC4 T2a Adult tooth T3 + + + + + + +
SC7 T1a Juvenile incisor piece T3 + + +
SC7 T2a Small molar (broken) W + + + + +
SC7 B1a Phalange +
SC7 B2 Small phalange W +
SC9 T1a Adult male canine + + + + + +
SC17 T1a Premolar tooth W + + + + +
SC17 T2a Adult molar crown H, J1 + +
SC1 R Soil sample
SC1 RW Soil sample
SC1 LW Soil sample

The mitochondrial DNA amplification is represented as; 1st mt15975F-mt16322R; 2nd mt16190F-mt16420R; 3rd mt1F or mt15F-mt279R; and 4th mt155F-mt429R. a – indicates samples replicated at the Paleo-DNA Laboratory, b – indicates samples replicated at UCL (only mycobacterial results replicated), + indicates a positive result, - indicates a negative result. SC - corresponds to the Tomb of the Shroud loculus location numbers from the original tomb plan (Figure 1), T - corresponds to Tooth, B - corresponds to Bone and F - corresponds to Textile.