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The effect of population subdivision on estimates of the likelihood ratio in criminal cases using single-locus DNA probes.
Heredity - 1 Aug 1992
Brookfield J
Abstract excerpt
The interpretation of single-locus DNA profile evidence in criminal cases in normally performed using an assumption of independence of frequencies of alleles at different loci. The critical parameter is the probability of a suspect matching a criminal's DNA profile by change. Many authors have been concerned that the assumption of linkage equilibrium may be inaccurate and that the strength of evidence against...
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