Article
A comparison of the fixed bin method with the floating bin and direct count methods: effect of VNTR profile frequency estimation and reference population.
Journal of forensic sciences - 1 Sept 1993
Monson K L, Budowle B
Abstract excerpt
When the results of a forensic comparison of highly polymorphic variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) loci fail to exclude a suspect as a possible contributor of biological evidence, it is desirable to convey to the trier of fact the significance of the match. Furthermore, in a forensic context, it is desirable that the estimated frequency of occurrence be conservative, that is, that any uncertainty in the...
Topics
- Alleles
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Gene Frequency
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Information Systems
- Probability
- Racial Groups
- Reference Values
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid