Citation

Fukshansky N, Bär W. Int. J. Legal Med. 1999; 112(6): 383-387.

Affiliation

Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Zürich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190/Bau 52, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10550600

Abstract

The analysis of a mixed biological stain by means of highly polymorphic VNTR systems usually reveals a profile composed of multiple alleles. If the victim and one or several suspects match the profile the evidential strength of the matches has to be very carefully analysed. The appropriate methods for the statistical analysis of DNA profiles advanced recently by Weir with coauthors and by the present authors are limited to cases where all non-tested persons involved in the analysis belong to the same ethnic group. The present paper extends the theory beyond this limitation.

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