DNA profile match probabilities in a subdivided population: when can subdivision be ignored?

doi:10.1073/pnas.92.26.12031

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DNA profile match probabilities in a subdivided population: when can subdivision be ignored?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Dec 1995

Weeks D E, Young A, Li C C

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Li and Chakravarti [Li, C.C. & Chakravarti, A. (1994) Hum. Hered. 44, 100-109] compared the probability (MO) of a random match between the two DNA profiles of a pair of individuals drawn from a random-mating population to the probability (MF) of the match between a pair of random individuals draw...

Topics

Alleles
Base Sequence
DNA
Ethnicity
Gene Frequency
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Humans
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Models, Statistical
Probability
Racial Groups
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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