EuroForMix: An open source software based on a continuous model to evaluate STR DNA profiles from a mixture of contributors with artefacts

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-44

  Bleka, Øyvind ^a,b   Storvik, Geir ^b   Gill, Peter ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forensic statistics; Open source software; STR DNA interpretation

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA A; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEGRADATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; POPULATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SLOPE FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; ARTIFACTS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84950335450     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2015.11.008     Document Type: Article

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