Estimating the Number of Contributors to Forensic DNA Mixtures: Does Maximum Likelihood Perform Better Than Maximum Allele Count?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-28

  Haned, Hinda ^a   Pène, Laurent ^b   Lobry, Jean R ^a   Dufour, Anne B ^a   Pontier, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

Author keywords

Allele count; DNA mixtures; DNA typing; Forensic science; Likelihood estimator; Partial profiles; Population subdivision; STR loci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RACE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS;

EID: 78650729083     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01550.x     Document Type: Article

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