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Assessment of mock cases involving complex low template DNA mixtures: A descriptive study.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Dec 2012
Benschop Corina C G, Haned Hinda, de Blaeij Tanja J P, Meulenbroek Alexander J, Sijen Titia
Abstract excerpt
Complex DNA mixtures with low template (LT) components provide the most challenging cases to interpret and report. In this study, we designed such mixtures and we describe how reporting officers (ROs) at the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) assess these when embedded in a mock case setting. DNA mixtures containing LT DNA from two to four contributors, sporadic contamination (mimicked by adding 6pg of DNA,...
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