Verifying likelihoods for low template DNA profiles using multiple replicates

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-89

  Steele, Christopher D ^a   Greenhalgh, Matthew ^b   Balding, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Orchid Cellmark   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA mixtures; Forensic; Likelihood ratio; likeLTD; Low template DNA; Replicates

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMAMIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRIME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TEMPLATE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENOTYPE; INVERSE MATCH PROBABILITY; LOW TEMPLATE DNA; LOW TEMPLATE LIKELIHOOD RATIO; MIX LIKELIHOOD RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84905221072     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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