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Title Forensic DNA evidence interpretation / edited by John Buckleton, Christopher M. Triggs, Simon J. Walsh
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (534 pages) : illustrations
Contents Biological Basis for DNA Evidence, Peter Gill and John Buckleton; Historical and Background Biology; Understanding PCR Profiles; A Framework for Interpreting Evidence, John Buckleton; The Frequentist Approach; The Logical Approach; The Full Bayesian Approach; A Possible Solution; A Comparison of the Different Approaches; Population Genetic Models, John Buckleton; Product Rule; Simulation Testing; Discussion of the Product Rule and the Subpopulation Model; A Complex Case Example -- DNA Evidence and Orethral James Simpson; Relatedness, John Buckleton and Christopher Triggs; Conditional Probabilities; Joint Probabilities; The Unifying Formula; The Effect of Linkage; Validating Databases, John Buckleton; Which Is the Relevant Population?; Population Databases; Validating the Population Genetic Model; Estimating Q; Descriptive Statistics for Databases; Sampling Effects,
John Buckleton and James Curran; Bounds and a Level; Methods for Assessing Sampling Uncertainty; Minimum Allele Probabilities; Discussion of the Appropriateness of Sampling Uncertainty Estimates; Mixtures, Tim Clayton and John Buckleton; Frequentist Approaches; Bayesian Approaches; Statistical Evaluation of Mixtures; Low Copy Number, John Buckleton and Peter Gill; Changes in LCN Profile Morphology; The Interpretation of LCN Profiles; Non-autosomal Forensic Markers, Simon Walsh, SallyAnn Harbison, and John Buckleton; Forensic Mitochondrial DNA Typing; Forensic Y Chromosome Analysis; Forensic X Chromosome Analysis; A Famous Case Example -- The Romanovs; Parentage Testing, John Buckleton, Tim Clayton, and Chris Triggs; Evaluation Of Evidence; Paternity Trios: Mother,
Child and Alleged Father; Non-autosomal DNA; Use of the Sub-Population Model of Balding and Nichols to Evaluate the Paternity Index; Relatedness in Paternity Cases; Multiple Children; Inconsistencies in the Mendelian Pattern; 'Exclusions'; Paternity Trios: Mother, Child and Alleged Father Considering the Possibility of Silent (Null) Alleles; Disaster Victim Identification, Identification of Missing Persons, and Immigration Cases, John Buckleton, Chris Triggs, and Tim Clayton; Mitochondrial or Nuclear DNA?; Human Remains -- Obtaining a Profile from Bodily Remains; Extraction of DNA from Bone, Tooth, Hair and Nail; Complicating Factors; DNA Intelligence Databases, Simon Walsh and John Buckleton; A Brief History; Functional Aspects; Legislation; Aspects of Forensic Significance; Social and ethical considerations; Interpretation Issues Associated with DNA Databases
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-525) and index
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Subject DNA fingerprinting.
Forensic genetics.
DNA Fingerprinting
Forensic Genetics
MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
DNA fingerprinting
Forensic genetics
Statistische Analyse
Rechtsmedizin
Genetischer Fingerabdruck
Genética.
Medicina legal.
Dna.
Form Electronic book
Author Buckleton, John S
Triggs, Christopher M
Walsh, Simon J
ISBN 1420037927
9781420037920
9780849330179
0849330173
9781466545366
1466545364
9786610537389
6610537380