What is the magnitude of the subpopulation effect?

Forensic Science International

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Curran, James M ^a   Buckleton, John S ^b   Triggs, Christopher M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DNA interpretation; Product rule; Subpopulation effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042168838     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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