DocumentCode
2478436
Title
Interpreting DNA mixtures with relatives of a missing suspect
Author
Hu, Yue-Qing ; Fung, Wing K. ; Choy, Yan Tsun
Author_Institution
Inst. of Biostat., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China
fYear
2011
fDate
24-26 June 2011
Firstpage
7649
Lastpage
7652
Abstract
Recent advances in DNA profiling have been proven extremely useful for forensic human identification. DNA mixtures are commonly found in serious crimes such as rape as well as voluminous crimes like theft. In this paper, one general formula is obtained for the evaluation of DNA mixtures when the suspect is unavailable for typing, but one maternal and one paternal relatives of the suspect are typed instead. In principle, closer relatives of the suspect will provide more genetic information on the genotype of the unavailable suspect. The effect of the relatives´ DNA profiles on the interpretation of DNA mixtures is illustrated with case example.
Keywords
DNA; forensic science; genetics; molecular biophysics; DNA mixtures; DNA profiling; forensic human identification; genetic information; genotype; DNA; Forensics; System-on-a-chip;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering (RSETE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Nanjing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9172-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RSETE.2011.5966146
Filename
5966146
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