Article
Validation of a DNA mixture statistics tool incorporating allelic drop-out and drop-in.
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 Dec 2012
Mitchell Adele A, Tamariz Jeannie, O'Connell Kathleen, Ducasse Nubia, Budimlija Zoran, Prinz Mechthild, Caragine Theresa
Abstract excerpt
DNA mixture analysis is a current topic of discussion in the forensics literature. Of particular interest is how to approach mixtures where allelic drop-out and/or drop-in may have occurred. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) of The City of New York has developed and validated the Forensic Statistical Tool (FST), a software tool for likelihood ratio analysis of forensic DNA samples, allowing for allelic...
Topics
- Alleles
- DNA
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Genotype
- Humans
- Likelihood Functions
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Software