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ACTIVITY 13-3 The Romanovs and DNA: An Internet Activity 1. Empress Maria 2. Germany 3. a. Four b.1 c. Anastasia and Alexei 4. a. Hemophilia b. Blood clots slowly, severe bleeding c. Alexandra 5. Fredrick 1870 -73, Henry 1900-04, Waldemar 1889 - 1945 6. Viewed Clips 7. March 2nd, 1917 8. a. Vladimir Lenin b. Bolsheviks c. Revolution seeking to govern the land 9. a. Was meant to hold the Tsar and his family until they were executed. b. They were executed without trial in July 1918 10. a. The Imperial family, doctor nurse, two servants, all executed.

Part B 1. Yekaterinburg, Siberia 2. a. They wanted to know if the skeletons belonged to the Romanov family, asked them to go view the remains. b. -1. determines if it's male or female -2. the race of the skeleton -3. determines if male or female, measuring the opening in pelvis -4. Age, if the individual was female, and how many times she birthed -5. Age and height of individual 3. a. Nine b. 11 victims in the massacre 4. a. determines if the individual was 22 or older (with them) / 21 or younger (without them) b. fused vertebrate = 18 years of age or older, non fused 17 or younger c. determines male or female, females have larger openings than males. 6. Prince Alexei and Princess Anastasia were missing from the site a. there was no one present under the age of 18 7. DNA from the bones was preserved 9. a. Alike - both forms of DNA are made of same nucleotides b. Different - it exists as a circular loop rather than linear 10. Mitochondrial mtRNA is only from the mother 11. a. From Tsarina Alexandra b. She received it from her mother, who got it from her mother, etc. c. No, he inherited his from his mother, which he did not pass on to his children. 12. a. All mtDNA of the Tsar's children can be traced back to Alice b. Prince Philip of England, Duke of Edinburgh 14. It could have been the nurse of the family, because it did not match anyone of the Romanov family 15. Because he is a maternal relative that is alive today and can be used for mtDNA comparison. 16. Most likely Tsar Nicholas II 17. Not of the Romanov family. 18. She would be Anastasia Romanov if her mtDNA matched the mtDNA of Prince Philip along with the other female skeletons 19. To see if Anna Anderson was in fact Anastasia Romanov 21. a. A microscopic slide was in a hospital where tissue of Anderson had been preserved over time. b. DNA extractions from the tissue of Anderson did not match that of Anastasia, proving they were not the same person. c. The children were cremated after they had been shot, and their remains scattered.