An alternative application of the consensus method to DNA typing interpretation for Low Template-DNA mixtures

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages e422-e424

  Garofano, Paolo ^a,b   Caneparo, Denise ^a,c   D'Amico, Giuseppina ^a   Vincenti, Marco ^a,c   Alladio, Eugenio ^a,c  

^a Centro Regionale Antidoping e di Tossicologia A Bertinaria   (Italy)

^b Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forensi   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA VIEW ; Fully continuous model; Lab Retriever; LRmix Studio; LT DNA; Mixture interpretation; Semi continuous model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; COURT; DECISION MAKING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TEMPLATE; EVALUATION STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTIC CONSENSUS APPROACH; THEFT;

EID: 84948784232     PISSN: 18751768     EISSN: 1875175X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.168     Document Type: Article

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