Phase III - Genetic Phase
Genetic testing and matching
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is responsible for carrying out the Genetics phase (DNA analysis and matching) of the CMP project.
Genetic profiles generated by the analysis of DNA extracted from skeletal elements are compared with the genetic profiles of the relatives of missing persons to reveal individualized identifications. This is done by the bi-communal team of the CMP geneticists at the CMP anthropological laboratory in close cooperation with the ICMP.
The collection of blood samples from relatives of the Turkish Cypriot Missing and further DNA extraction was carried out at the Turkish Cypriot laboratory (Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu Hospital). The DNA profiles of the relatives of the Greek Cypriot missing persons were established a few years ago by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING).
The first skeletal specimens of the CMP project were submitted to the CING Laboratory of Forensic Genetics at the beginning of April 2007 and were identified by the end of June 2007.
