Y-STR Frequency Surveying Method: A critical reappraisal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 84-90

  Willuweit, Sascha ^a   Caliebe, Amke ^b   Andersen, Mikkel Meyer ^c   Roewer, Lutz ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Haplotype frequency estimation; MLE; Y STR haplotype; YHRD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 79952696787     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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