Modelling heterozygote balance in forensic DNA profiles

Hannah Kelly; Jo-Anne Bright; James M Curran; John Buckleton

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.08.002

Modelling heterozygote balance in forensic DNA profiles

Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2012 Dec;6(6):729-34. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.08.002. Epub 2012 Aug 24.

Authors

Hannah Kelly¹, Jo-Anne Bright, James M Curran, John Buckleton

Affiliation

¹ ESR, PB 92021, Auckland, New Zealand.

PMID: 22921959
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.08.002

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the relationship between heterozygous balance (h) and average peak height (ϕ¯) in a set of Identifiler™ data. The mean of heterozygote balance is unaffected by average peak height but the variance about this mean is much lower at high average peak heights.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Alleles
Bayes Theorem
DNA Fingerprinting / methods*
Heterozygote*
Humans
Linear Models
Microsatellite Repeats
Models, Genetic*