About the Authors

Martina Nilsson

Affiliations Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Forensic Unit, Regional Criminal Investigation Department, Stockholm County Police, Stockholm, Sweden

Göran Possnert

Affiliation The Ångström Laboratory, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Hanna Edlund

Affiliation Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Bruce Budowle

Affiliations FBI Laboratory, Quantico, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Centre, Ft Worth, Texas, United States of America

Anna Kjellström

Affiliation The Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Marie Allen

marie.allen@genpat.uu.se

Affiliation Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN GP MA. Performed the experiments: MN GP HE AK. Analyzed the data: MN GP HE BB AK MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GP MA. Wrote the paper: MN GP BB AK MA. Performed most of the genetic analyses: MN. Performed dating analysis: GP. Performed genetic analysis: HE. Performed the osteological part of the study: AK.