DNA test helps identify sailor from doomed Arctic expedition - BBC
WEBThe bones recovered from a remote Arctic cairn are believed to be those of James Fitzjames, a19th-century explorer. Fitzjames was one of the captains of British explorer Sir John Franklin's two ...
DNA used to identify remains of Franklin expedition sailor, find ...
WEB16 hours ago · James Fitzjames — only the second member of the expedition’s crew to be identified by DNA — captained one of the expedition’s two ships and served as second-in-command after Sir John ...
Living on through DNA: Another crew member identified from the …
WEB12 hours ago · Living descendant. The DNA donor that matched the sailor's DNA was a second cousin of Fitzjames, five times removed and is linked to him through two of James Gambier's sons: Fitzjames' grandfather ...
Crewmember of 150-year-old lost expedition identified using DNA …
WEB1 hour ago · The researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University in Sudbury say the match of James Fitzjames’ bones were made possible through the use of a DNA sample from a living ...
DNA science identifies bones, find descendants of Franklin …
WEB4 hours ago · James Fitzjames — only the second member of the expedition’s crew to be identified by DNA — captained one of the expedition’s two ships and served as second-in-command after Sir John Franklin’s death. ... Fitzjames’ DNA was isolated and profiled from a single molar. It had been extracted from a jawbone that bore the distinctive ...
DNA Identifies Senior Officer from 1845 Franklin Expedition ...
WEB19 hours ago · The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified by researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University using DNA and genealogical analyses. In April of 1848 James Fitzjames of HMS Erebus helped lead 105 survivors ...
Another Franklin expedition crew member has been identified
WEB1 day ago · Your source for the latest research news. ... In April of 1848 James Fitzjames ... and we were lucky enough to obtain a match," said Stephen Fratpietro of Lakehead's Paleo-DNA lab. Fitzjames is ...
Another Franklin expedition crew member has been identified
WEB1 day ago · Portait of James Fitzjames who sailed aboard the HMS Erebus. The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified by researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University using DNA and genealogical analyses. In April of 1848 James Fitzjames of HMS Erebus helped lead 105 survivors from their
Scientists use DNA to identify bones, find descendants of Franklin ...
WEB1 day ago · Human remains resting in a remote Arctic cairn, visible emblems of one of the North’s most enduring mysteries, finally have a name. Scientists have managed to identify bones belonging to a member of the Franklin expedition, a 19th-century voyage of exploration and discovery that ended in disaster, starvation and death. James Fitzjames — …
Identification of a senior officer from Sir John Franklin’s Northwest ...
WEB1 day ago · That news prompted another search which in 1859 discovered Fitzjames’ and Crozier’s report at Victory Point and, ... The DNA donor is a second cousin of Fitzjames five times removed and is linked to him through two of James Gambier's sons: Fitzjames' grandfather, also named James Gambier (1725–1789), Vice-Admiral, R.N., and his brother ...
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