Prediction of Eye Color from Genetic Data Using Bayesian Approach

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 880-886

  Pośpiech, Ewelina ^a   Draus Barini, Jolanta ^a   Kupiec, Tomasz ^a   Wojas Pelc, Anna ^b   Branicki, Wojciech ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Eye color prediction; Forensic science; Genetics; Likelihood ratio; Phenotyping

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HERC2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-4; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SLC24A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC45A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TYRP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIPORTERS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863487241     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02077.x     Document Type: Article

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