An illustration of the effect of various sources of uncertainty on DNA likelihood ratio calculations

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-63

  Taylor, D ^a   Bright, J A ^b   Buckleton, J ^b   Curran, J ^c  

^a Univesity of South Australia   (Australia)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continuous methods; DNA interpretation; HPD; MCMC; Relatives; Sampling uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; UNCERTAINTY; GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DNA; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84896933951     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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