Individual identification from semen by the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprint technique
Honma, M.; Yoshii, T.; Ishiyama, I.; Mitani, K.; Kominami, R.; Muramatsu, M.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 34(1): 222-227
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 2563749 Document Number: 333409
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.