Evaluating forensic DNA mixtures with contributors of different structured ethnic origins: a computer software

Int J Legal Med. 2003 Aug;117(4):248-9. doi: 10.1007/s00414-003-0378-3. Epub 2003 Jun 21.

Abstract

The effect of a structured population on the likelihood ratio of a DNA mixture has been studied by the current authors and others. In practice, contributors of a DNA mixture may belong to different ethnic/racial origins, a situation especially common in multi-racial countries such as the USA and Singapore. We have developed a computer software which is available on the web for evaluating DNA mixtures in multi-structured populations. The software can deal with various DNA mixture problems that cannot be handled by the methods given in a recent article of Fung and Hu.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • DNA / genetics*
  • Ethnicity / genetics*
  • Forensic Medicine / methods*
  • Genetics, Population
  • Humans
  • Likelihood Functions
  • Software*
  • Staining and Labeling / methods

Substances

  • DNA