A continuous model for interpreting the positions of bands in DNA locus-specific work.

doi:10.1016/s0015-7368(91)73168-x

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A continuous model for interpreting the positions of bands in DNA locus-specific work.

Journal - Forensic Science Society - 1 Jan 2000

Buckleton J, Walsh K, Triggs C M

Abstract excerpt

A simple but rigorous approach is offered for evaluating the evidential value of single locus DNA autoradiographs. This approach does not use a binning technique and it does not treat alleles as discrete variables. Instead, the allele distribution is considered to be continuous. The variation bet...

Topics

Alleles
Autoradiography
Bayes Theorem
Blood Stains
Chromosome Banding
DNA
Humans
Models, Genetic

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