Modelling heterozygote balance in forensic DNA profiles

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 729-734

  Kelly, Hannah ^a,b   Bright, Jo Anne ^a   Curran, James M ^b   Buckleton, John ^a  

^a MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

DNA interpretation; DNA thresholds; Heterozygous balance; LtDNA; Mixed DNA profiles

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BLOOD STAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA STRUCTURE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE ADVANTAGE; HETEROZYGOTE BALANCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SAMPLING;

ALLELES; BAYES THEOREM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84867574411     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.08.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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