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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...
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