Taking account of peak areas when interpreting mixed DNA profiles

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-69

  Evett, Ian W ^a   Gill, Peter D ^a   Lambert, James A ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; DNA; Forensic science; Interpretation; Mixtures; PCR; Probability; Profiling; Statistics; STR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0031930984     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16091j     Document Type: Article

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