ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 6

Individual Identification from Semen by the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Fingerprint Technique
Ishiyama, I
Postgraduate student, junior lecturer, and professor, University of Tokyo,

Mitani, K
Postgraduate student and professor, University of Tokyo,

Honma, M
Postgraduate student, junior lecturer, and professor, University of Tokyo,

Muramatsu, M
Postgraduate student and professor, University of Tokyo,

Kominami, R
Professor, University of Niigata,

Yoshii, T
Postgraduate student, junior lecturer, and professor, University of Tokyo,

(Received 18 March 1988; accepted 10 May 1988)

Abstract

For individual identification from semen, the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprint technique was used. In a blind trial, we succeeded in determining the semen donors among several volunteers comparing the DNA fingerprints of the blood and semen samples, respectively. Thereafter, we examined semen in a condom left beside a naked female dead body. The DNA fingerprint of the semen was recognized to be identical to that of the blood from a suspected man arrested later. This is the first report that the DNA fingerprint technique was practically used in a criminal investigation in Japan.

Keywords:
criminalistics, human identification, semen, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), DNA fingerprinting

Paper ID: JFS12625J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12625J
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