Evaluation of forensic DNA mixture evidence: Protocol for evaluation, interpretation, and statistical calculations using the combined probability of inclusion

BMC Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bieber, Frederick R ^a   Buckleton, John S ^b,c   Budowle, Bruce ^d   Butler, John M ^c   Coble, Michael D ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MT ALBERT RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele drop out; Combined probability of inclusion; CPI; Forensic DNA mixtures; Stochastic threshold

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CALCULATION; HUMAN; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL WORKER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FORENSIC GENETICS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DNA;

DNA; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84984698632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12863-016-0429-7     Document Type: Article

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