Fundamental problem of forensic mathematics - The evidential value of a rare haplotype

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 281-291

  Brenner, Charles H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DNA VIEW   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic mathematics; Haplotype; Likelihood ratio; Matching probability; mtDNA; Stain matching; Y haplotype

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CRIME; FORENSIC GENETICS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; Y CHROMOSOME;

FORENSIC GENETICS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 77956924841     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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