Abstract: The burned bone DNA test have became more and more important in identifying the individu- als and paternity involved in the fire, explosion disasters as well as burn corpse crimes. As an important genetic marker system, STR has been widely used in forensic individual identification, paternity test and other fields. In this article, the influence of burned temperature and time to STR typing was reviewed, the choice of STR locus and DNA extraction methods were discussed about burned bones.

Key words: forensic genetics, burned bone, review[publication type], STR