Partial matches in heterogeneous offender databases do not call into question the validity of random match probability calculations.

doi:10.1007/s00414-008-0239-1

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Partial matches in heterogeneous offender databases do not call into question the validity of random match probability calculations.

International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jan 2009

Budowle Bruce, Baechtel F Samuel, Chakraborty Ranajit

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Offender DNA databases have been highly successful tools for generating investigative leads. Due to their success, the database sizes have increased such that some have suggested using the DNA profiles in offender databases for empirical pairwise studies to provide inferences regarding the validity of the current practices for generating random match probability estimates. These critics use observations under the...

Topics

DNA
DNA Fingerprinting
Databases, Factual
Forensic Genetics
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Models, Genetic
Models, Statistical
Probability
Tandem Repeat Sequences

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PMID: 18458929
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-008-0239-1

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