Extração de DNA em ossos humanos para análise forense : uma análise quantitativa

Abstract

With the advanced in the technology in last decade, techniques for DNA extraction have become more accessible, giving mainly criminal investigations a concrete tools for unraveling crimes. So, because most cases depend on only the bone part available for research, it is important to have effective methods of extracting DNA from that tissue. Using the scientometry that studies the quantitative aspects of science, this work aimed to characterize, through the platform SCOPUS, the scientific production on DNA extraction methods in human bones for forensic analysis, from 2006 to 2015. Were found 55 Articles between the years 2006 to 2015, where in 2011 had the highest number of publications, not having an author who stood out in the area, where most articles published are original articles, with the United States as the country who most published, along with his official language, English. The Croatian Medical Journal ranks first in the ranking of publications. Most of the articles used the phenol / chloroform DNA extraction method and molecular PCR technique. And as for the type of DNA used for extraction (ancient and current), the ancient DNA dominated. So, 100% satisfaction with the extraction of DNA was observed, and scientometry proved to be a reliable tool to evaluate scientific production and growth on the subject matter, and could be used as a way to measure scientific knowledge in " n " situations, helping in decision making.