Erroneous identification in a mixed population: Simulation using Israeli STR data

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-114

  Korostishevsky, Michael ^a   Loewenthal, Ron ^a,b   Slomov, Yelena ^b   Gazit, Ephraim ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MARKER GENE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; PATERNITY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442620535     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-003-0401-8     Document Type: Article

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