Allowing for within-subpopulation inbreeding in forensic match probabilities

Forensic Science International

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-216

  Ayres, Karen L ^a   Overall, Andrew D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA profiling; F(IS); F(ST); Forensic identification; Inbreeding coefficient; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INBREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032831134     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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