In a newborn who died 5 days after birth, a rare mutation for the cystic fibrosis gene was found, allowing the clinicians to suspect that the child was a product of an incest. A forensic genetic analysis on the newborn, on the girl and her parents was very suggestive for the incest hypothesis. The girl’s father was suspected, but an exclusion at two loci was found. Using the software for genetic analysis bFamiliasQ, considering different hypothesis, the most probable situation was the existence of a girl’s brother. This hypothesis allowed the Prosecutor to discover the existence of a girl’s brother, who admitted the crime later.
Incest by father or by brother? A case report
VERZELETTI, Andrea;DE FERRARI, Francesco
2006-01-01
Abstract
In a newborn who died 5 days after birth, a rare mutation for the cystic fibrosis gene was found, allowing the clinicians to suspect that the child was a product of an incest. A forensic genetic analysis on the newborn, on the girl and her parents was very suggestive for the incest hypothesis. The girl’s father was suspected, but an exclusion at two loci was found. Using the software for genetic analysis bFamiliasQ, considering different hypothesis, the most probable situation was the existence of a girl’s brother. This hypothesis allowed the Prosecutor to discover the existence of a girl’s brother, who admitted the crime later.File in questo prodotto:
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