Mixture interpretation: defining the relevant features for guidelines for the assessment of mixed dna profiles in forensic casework

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 810-821

  Budowle, Bruce ^a   Onorato, Anthony J ^a   Callaghan, Thomas F ^a   Manna, Angelo Della ^b   Gross, Ann M ^c   Guerrieri, Richard A ^a   Luttman, Jennifer C ^a   Mcclure, David Lee ^d  

^a FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences   (United States)

^c Minnesota BCA Forensic Science Laboratory   (United States)

^d South Carolina Law Enforcement Division   (United States)

Author keywords

deconvolution; DNA analysis; Forensic science; guidelines; interpretation; mixtures; peak height ratios; quality assurance; STRs; stutter; threshold; validation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMELOGENIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 67650662248     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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