Article
The forensic debut of the NRC's DNA report: population structure, ceiling frequencies and the need for numbers.
Genetica - 1 Jan 1995
Kaye D H
Abstract excerpt
This paper reviews judicial opinions that have discussed the April 1992 recommendations of a committee of the U.S. National Research Council concerning the statistics of forensic DNA profiles obtained with single-locus VNTR probes. It observes that a few courts have held 'ceiling frequencies' (as opposed to less 'conservative' estimates) admissible, but that the implications of the scientific criticisms of the...
Topics
- Alleles
- DNA
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- National Academy of Sciences, U.S.
- Probability
- United States