On identification problems requiring linked autosomal markers

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-225

  Egeland, Thore ^a   Sheehan, Nuala ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identification; Likelihoods; Linked autosomal markers

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIBLINGS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 43049112813     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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