Summarizing DNA Evidence When Relatives are Possible Suspects

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 438, 1997, Pages 706-716

  Belin, Thomas R ^a   Gjertson, David W ^a,b   Hu, Ming Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Long Beach Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance metric; DNA fingerprinting; Forensic science; Identification; Relatedness; Sibling; Twin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031496079     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10474023     Document Type: Article

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