Testing for kinship in a subdivided population

Forensic Science International

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-109

  Fung, Wing K ^a   Carracedo, Angel ^b   Hu, Yue Qing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Joint genotype probability; Kinship coefficient; Kinship testing; Likelihood ratio; Population subdivision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELATIVE; SPAIN;

EID: 0043032915     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00168-3     Document Type: Article

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