Article
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...
Topics
- Alleles
- Chromosome Mapping
- Criminology
- DNA Probes
- Gene Frequency
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Likelihood Functions
- Linkage Disequilibrium