Systematic analysis of stutter percentages and allele peak height and peak area ratios at heterozygous STR loci for forensic casework and database samples

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 968-980

  Leclair, Benoît ^a,b   Frégeau, Chantal J ^a   Bowen, Kathy L ^a   Fourney, Ron M ^a  

^a ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

^b Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Casework; Forensic science; Heterozygous allele ratio; Interpretation; STR; Stutter

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE PEAK; ALLELISM; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HETEROZYGOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TAXONOMY;

EID: 4444303169     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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