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Beyond traditional paternity and identification cases. Selecting the most probable pedigree.
Forensic science international - 8 May 2000
Egeland T, Mostad P F, Mevâg B, Stenersen M
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The paper extends on the traditional methodology used to quantify DNA evidence in paternity or identification cases. By extending we imply that there are more than two alternatives to choose between. In a standard paternity case the two competing explanations H(1): "John Doe is the father of the child and H(2): "A random man is the father of the child, are typically considered. A paternity index of 100000 implies...
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