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A mixed DNA profile controversy revisited.
Journal of forensic sciences - 1 Jan 2022
Kalafut Tim, Pugh Simone, Gill Peter, Abbas Sarah, Semaan Marie, Mansour Issam, Curran James, Bright Jo-Anne, Hicks Tacha, Wivell Richard, Buckleton John
Abstract excerpt
Semaan et al. (J Forensic Res, 2020, 11, 453) discuss a mock case "where eight different individuals [P1 through P8 ] could not be excluded in a mixed DNA analysis. Even though … expert DNA mixture analysis software was used." Two of these are the true donors. The LRs reported are incorrect due to the incorrect entry of propositions into LRmix Studio. This forced the software to account for most of the alleles as...
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