A comparison of adjustment methods to test the robustness of an STR DNA database comprised of 24 European populations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 131, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 184-196

  Gill, Peter ^a   Foreman, Lindsey ^a   Buckleton, John S ^b   Triggs, Christopher M ^c   Allen, Heather ^a  

^a FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forensic; Fst; Independence tests; STRs; Subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; EUROPE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 12244279962     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00423-1     Document Type: Article

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