Policy implications for familial searching

Investigative Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Joyce ^a   Mammo, Danny ^a   Siegel, Marni B ^a   Katsanis, Sara H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA data bank; DNA typing; Forensic genetics; Genetic identity; Likelihood functions

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; FAMILY PRIVACY; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OFFENDER; PERSONAL PRIVACY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84862213616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-2223-2-22     Document Type: Review

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