Identifizierung der leiblichen Überreste von G. J. Mendel
Identification of the bodily remains of G. J. Mendel

Author(s): Dana Fialová, Filip Pardy, Eva Drozdová, Marek Peška, Antonín Zůbek
Subject(s): Archaeology, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Gregor Johann Mendel; bodily remains; archaeology;
Summary/Abstract: The identification of the remains of Gregor Johann Mendel was a crucial step in the research on his skeletal remains. No details were known about the burial of his remains in the tomb. The only established fact was that his coffin with his remains was buried in this location. In order to be sure that we were really examining the remains of Gregor Johann Mendel, his remains had to be identified by all available means. Archaeologically, based on the order and the position of the coffin in the tomb. Anthropologically, by comparing the biological parameters of the remains found in the coffin that was assumed to be his with known facts from his life. Most important, however, was genetic identification, which can identify an individual with a probability approaching 100%.

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