| Title |
Identification of the remains of King Richard III
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Communications, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms6631 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Turi E. King, Gloria Gonzalez Fortes, Patricia Balaresque, Mark G. Thomas, David Balding, Pierpaolo Maisano Delser, Rita Neumann, Walther Parson, Michael Knapp, Susan Walsh, Laure Tonasso, John Holt, Manfred Kayser, Jo Appleby, Peter Forster, David Ekserdjian, Michael Hofreiter, Kevin Schürer |
| Abstract |
In 2012, a skeleton was excavated at the presumed site of the Grey Friars friary in Leicester, the last-known resting place of King Richard III. Archaeological, osteological and radiocarbon dating data were consistent with these being his remains. Here we report DNA analyses of both the skeletal remains and living relatives of Richard III. We find a perfect mitochondrial DNA match between the sequence obtained from the remains and one living relative, and a single-base substitution when compared with a second relative. Y-chromosome haplotypes from male-line relatives and the remains do not match, which could be attributed to a false-paternity event occurring in any of the intervening generations. DNA-predicted hair and eye colour are consistent with Richard's appearance in an early portrait. We calculate likelihood ratios for the non-genetic and genetic data separately, and combined, and conclude that the evidence for the remains being those of Richard III is overwhelming. |
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| United States | 36 | 10% |
| Japan | 28 | 8% |
| France | 9 | 3% |
| Canada | 6 | 2% |
| Turkey | 6 | 2% |
| Argentina | 6 | 2% |
| Australia | 5 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1% |
| Other | 29 | 8% |
| Unknown | 173 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 284 | 81% |
| Scientists | 37 | 11% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 19 | 5% |
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| Spain | 3 | 1% |
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| Professor | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 68 | 23% |
| Unknown | 48 | 16% |
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| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 61 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 6% |
| Arts and Humanities | 18 | 6% |
| Other | 55 | 18% |
| Unknown | 62 | 21% |
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