ISFG: Recommendations on biostatistics in paternity testing

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 223-231

  Gjertson, David W ^a   Brenner, Charles H ^b   Baur, Max P ^c   Carracedo, Angel ^d   Guidet, Francois ^e   Luque, Juan A ^f   Lessig, Rüdiger ^g   Mayr, Wolfgang R ^h   Pascali, Vince L ⁱ   Prinz, Mechthild ^b   Schneider, Peter M ^j   Morling, Niels ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e Institut Genetique Nantes Atlantique   (France)

^f Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Biostatistics; DNA investigations; Genetic testing; Immigration testing; International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG); Likelihood ratio; Paternity index (PI); Paternity testing; Paternity Testing Commission (PTC); Recommendations; Relationship testing

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; BIOSTATISTICS; CALCULATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMIGRATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATERNITY TEST; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VALIDATION STUDY; Y CHROMOSOME;

BIOMETRY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 34548413672     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.06.006     Document Type: Review

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