Article
A method for quantifying differentiation between populations at multi-allelic loci and its implications for investigating identity and paternity.
Genetica - 1 Jan 1995
Balding D J, Nichols R A
Abstract excerpt
A method is proposed for allowing for the effects of population differentiation, and other factors, in forensic inference based on DNA profiles. Much current forensic practice ignores, for example, the effects of coancestry and inappropriate databases and is consequently systematically biased against defendants. Problems with the 'product rule' for forensic identification have been highlighted by several authors,...
Topics
- Alleles
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Databases, Factual
- Female
- Forensic Medicine
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Likelihood Functions
- Male