An investigation of the rigor of interpretation rules for STRs derived from less than 100 pg of DNA

Forensic Science International

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-40

  Gill, Peter ^a   Whitaker, Jonathan ^a   Flaxman, Christine ^a   Brown, Nick ^a   Buckleton, John ^b  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayes; LCN; Likelihood ratio; STR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DNA DETERMINATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY;

EID: 0034710344     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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