NOCIt: A computational method to infer the number of contributors to DNA samples analyzed by STR genotyping

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-180

  Swaminathan, Harish ^a   Grgicak, Catherine M ^b   Medard, Muriel ^c   Lun, Desmond S ^a,d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; Mixture interpretation; Number of contributors; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; ALGORITHM; GENETICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ALGORITHMS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84921690206     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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