Article
New Zealand population data at five VNTR loci: validation as databases for forensic identity testing.
Science & justice : journal of the Forensic Science Society - 1 Jan 2000
Hamilton J F, Starling L, Cordiner S J, Monahan D L, Buckleton J S, Chambers G K, Weir B S
Abstract excerpt
Databases were developed for three New Zealand ethnic groups (Caucasian, Maori and Polynesian), at five VNTR loci (D1S7, D2S44, D4S139, D5S110 and D12S11), and validated for interpretation of forensic identity tests. A +/-2.8% sliding window was used to define the alleles at each locus and alleli...
Topics
- Alleles
- DNA Probes
- Databases, Factual
- Ethnicity
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- New Zealand
- White People
