Article
[A new method for calculating paternity index].
Fa yi xue za zhi - 1 Aug 2009
Lü De-Jian, Lu Hui-Ling
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To introduce a new method for calculating the paternity index (PI). METHODS: Assuming that each allele from parents has undergone a transition before it segregates and transmits to child. The transition probability is 1 when parent allele is the same as child's, the transition probability is 0 when parent allele is different from the child's. Every allele has a transmission probability with 0.5. Base...
Topics
- Algorithms
- Alleles
- Child
- Female
- Forensic Genetics
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Likelihood Functions
- Male
- Parent-Child Relations
- Paternity