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| Title |
The identification of the Romanovs: Can we (finally) put the controversies to rest?
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| Published in |
Investigative Genetics, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/2041-2223-2-20 |
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| Authors |
Michael D Coble |
| Abstract |
For much of the 20th century the fate of the last Imperial family of Russia, the Romanovs, was a mystery after their execution in 1918. In the mid 1970s the mass grave of the Romanov family (minus two of the children) was discovered and officially exhumed after the fall of the Soviet Union. Forensic DNA testing of the remains in the early 1990s was used to identify the family. Despite the overwhelming evidence for establishing the identity of the Romanov family, a small but vocal number of scientists have tried to raise doubt about the DNA testing during the late 1990s and early 2000s. With the discovery of the two missing Romanov children in 2007, there was an opportunity to re-analyze all of the evidence associated with the case which confirmed the initial DNA testing and brought finality to the mystery. This article will discuss the controversies associated with the Romanov identification and reflect upon the importance of the case to the field of forensic DNA typing over the last 20 years. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Greece | 1 | 8% |
| Thailand | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 77% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
| Scientists | 1 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 62 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
| Professor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 20% |
| Unknown | 15 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 32% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 19 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 November 2023.
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#24
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#6,988
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