Choosing Relatives for DNA Identification of Missing Persons

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Ge, Jianye ^a   Budowle, Bruce ^a   Chakraborty, Ranajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA identification; Forensic science; Missing person; Mitochondrial DNA; Pedigree likelihood ratio; Posterior odds; Short tandem repeats; Simulation; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PEDIGREE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PEDIGREE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 78650718304     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01631.x     Document Type: Article

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