Article
Assessing probability of paternity and the product rule in DNA systems.
Genetica - 1 Jan 1995
Gjertson D W, Morris J W
Abstract excerpt
The genetic resolution of paternity disputes begins with an intricate detection of inherited traits and finishes with a statistical inference (the probability of paternity, W). Notwithstanding some initial fanfare, statistical inference is a necessary component of DNA-based paternity tests because band patterns may be rare but not yet unique, and even rare events in a vacuum are meaningless. The genetic match...
Topics
- Alleles
- Bayes Theorem
- Black People
- DNA
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Ethnicity
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Male
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Mutation