The Role of Molecular Biology in Identification of Human Bodies
Life is so unpredictable, and every day brings a new challenge for the human race. Along with lots of happiness and cheers, disasters and accidents are also the part and parcel of life. In case of massive disasters such as plane crash, massive fire accidents and marine accidents there is always a deep grief among the masses but the saddest part is that the people could not have access to the remains of their loved ones so that they can perform the funeral rituals according to their religion. But as in case of plane crash the identification of bodies is quite impossible due to high temperature and massive destruction. Usually the identification is carried out by the help of birthmarks, clothing, dental records, fingerprints and jewelry but in such cases when all these methods of identification are not applicable then molecular biology caters the emotional needs of people. DNA typing is the most authentic and sometimes the only available method for identification of human remains in...