Romanovs
List the Royal family members: (there are 11 to list)
Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexeiand ,Eugene Botkin, Anna Demidova, Alexei Trupp and Ivan Kharitonov
2. How many bodies were found in the burial site in Yekaterinburg, Siberia?
9 bodies
3. The three ways that the age of the skeletons can be assessed are:
Pelvic regions, wisdom teeth and vertebrae.
4. The pubic bone can determine _______ from ______ as well as ___________.
Male and female and age.
5. Which two people are missing from the burial site?
Alexei and Anastasia
6. The unusual feature about inheriting mitochondrial DNA is that among children in a family, they inherit DNA from both their mother and their father, but all the children inherit their mitochondrial DNA from their _________________.
Mother
7. Does Tsar Nicholas II have the same mitochondrial DNA as his children? Why or why not?
No his is from his mother like all men.
8. How can the identity of the skeletal remains be proven?
Compare mtDNA taken from remains to the mtDNA of an existing maternal relative.
9. Who is the living relative for the Romanov family maternal lineage?
Prince Philip 10. How did that maternal relative aid scientists in confirming the skeletal remains belonging to the Royal Family?
By donating DNA to compare.
11. Using mitochondrial DNA for analysis, the five female skeletons in the mass grave in Siberia were compared. Which of the five skeletons was the unrelated female servant? #9 skeleton
12. How did the scientists know this?
#9 skeleton's mtDNA does not match that of Prince Philip's
13. By mitochondrial DNA analysis, which of the sample matches Tsar Nicholas’ surviving maternal relative and thus is presumed to be Tsar Nicholas?
14. Is there a maternal relative alive that can be used for a
Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexeiand ,Eugene Botkin, Anna Demidova, Alexei Trupp and Ivan Kharitonov
2. How many bodies were found in the burial site in Yekaterinburg, Siberia?
9 bodies
3. The three ways that the age of the skeletons can be assessed are:
Pelvic regions, wisdom teeth and vertebrae.
4. The pubic bone can determine _______ from ______ as well as ___________.
Male and female and age.
5. Which two people are missing from the burial site?
Alexei and Anastasia
6. The unusual feature about inheriting mitochondrial DNA is that among children in a family, they inherit DNA from both their mother and their father, but all the children inherit their mitochondrial DNA from their _________________.
Mother
7. Does Tsar Nicholas II have the same mitochondrial DNA as his children? Why or why not?
No his is from his mother like all men.
8. How can the identity of the skeletal remains be proven?
Compare mtDNA taken from remains to the mtDNA of an existing maternal relative.
9. Who is the living relative for the Romanov family maternal lineage?
Prince Philip 10. How did that maternal relative aid scientists in confirming the skeletal remains belonging to the Royal Family?
By donating DNA to compare.
11. Using mitochondrial DNA for analysis, the five female skeletons in the mass grave in Siberia were compared. Which of the five skeletons was the unrelated female servant? #9 skeleton
12. How did the scientists know this?
#9 skeleton's mtDNA does not match that of Prince Philip's
13. By mitochondrial DNA analysis, which of the sample matches Tsar Nicholas’ surviving maternal relative and thus is presumed to be Tsar Nicholas?
14. Is there a maternal relative alive that can be used for a