Interpreting DNA mixtures with the presence of relatives

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  Hu, Yue Qing ^a   Fung, Wing K ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Kinship coefficient; Likelihood ratio; Mixed stain; Relative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0038460123     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-002-0321-z     Document Type: Article

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