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Searching for first-degree familial relationships in California's offender DNA database: validation of a likelihood ratio-based approach.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Nov 2011
Myers Steven P, Timken Mark D, Piucci Matthew L, Sims Gary A, Greenwald Michael A, Weigand James J, Konzak Kenneth C, Buoncristiani Martin R
Abstract excerpt
A validation study was performed to measure the effectiveness of using a likelihood ratio-based approach to search for possible first-degree familial relationships (full-sibling and parent-child) by comparing an evidence autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) profile to California's ∼1,000,000-profile State DNA Index System (SDIS) database. Test searches used autosomal STR and Y-STR profiles generated for 100...
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