Sex Determination by Observation of Barr Body in Teeth Subjected to High Temperatures Determinación del Sexo Mediante la Observación de la Cromatina de Barr en Piezas Sometidas a Altas Temperaturas

Natural disasters in areas of high population density, mass transportation accidents, development of military conflict and terrorism, among others, usually require a large number of individuals to be identified. The process is easy if the bodies are well preserved or documentation is enables forensic identification. However, when the victims are carbonized, dismembered, or have an advanced degree of tissue destruction, the process of establishing identity is difficult or impossible. The forensic identification process can be initiated by antemortem and postmortem records of previous history, or from a reconstructive expertise on biological remains, determining age, sex, biotype, height, and others (Melani, 1998).