Resolving paternity relationships using X-chromosome STRs and Bayesian networks

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 895-897

  Hatsch, Didier ^a,b   Keyser, Christine ^a   Hienne, Rémi ^b   Bertrand, Ludes ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b Laboratoire CODGENE   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Forensic science; Likelihood ratio; Paternity test; X STR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PATERNITY TEST; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME;

BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DNA; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATERNITY; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34250346029     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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