Effectiveness of familial searches.

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2008.04.004

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Effectiveness of familial searches.

Science & justice : journal of the Forensic Science Society - 1 Dec 2008

Curran James M, Buckleton John S

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The effectiveness of searching DNA databases for relatives of a profile of interest is examined by simulation and real experiments. The technique is found to be remarkably successful at locating parents, children or siblings in a considerable list of profiles.

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PMID: 19192677
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2008.04.004

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