A Clustering Algorithm Using DNA Marker Information for Sub-Pedigree Reconstruction

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1239-1248

  Cowell, Robert G ^a   Mostad, Petter ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Math Statistics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA markers; Forensic science; Mass disasters; Mass graves; Pedigree reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0242526219     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003029     Document Type: Article

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