Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)

CHAPTER SEVEN – Genetic investigations

Figure 22. A: Drawing of the bone sample on Béla

Ill

’s femur for cutting out.

B: The cut-out bone sample.

C: Division of the cortical bone slab into four samples.

D: Metatarsal cut in four parts. E: Individual bone samples are placed in separate sterile tubes. F: Bone sample series from a skeleton.

Four samples were taken from each bone (Figure 22). Two series of bone samples were given to Dr Béla

Melegh,

which he in turn provided to Dr Hummel’s laboratory in Göttingen,

while

Professor Johannes Krause in Berlin also received part of it. One series was given to Dr Elek

Benkő and

Dr Zoltán

Szentirmay;

the latter provided the samples to Dr Judit Olasz

at

the NIO Pathogenetics Department (Laboratory-1). The data on the samples taken is summarized in Table 5.

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