Comments on the statistical aspects of the NRC's report on DNA typing.

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Comments on the statistical aspects of the NRC's report on DNA typing.

Journal of forensic sciences - 1 Jan 1994

Devlin B, Risch N, Roeder K

Abstract excerpt

The goal of the NRC report on DNA typing was to answer a "crescendo of questions concerning DNA typing," many of them in the areas of population genetics and statistics. Unfortunately, few of these questions were answered adequately. In lieu of answering these questions, the panel proposed anothe...

Topics

DNA Fingerprinting
Ethnicity
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Humans
Models, Statistical
National Academy of Sciences, U.S.
Probability
Reference Values
United States

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