THE RARITY OF DNA PROFILES

被引:44
作者
Weir, Bruce S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Dept Biostat, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
关键词
DNA profiles; forensic profiles; birthday problem; population genetics; relatives; inbreeding;
D O I
10.1214/07-AOAS128
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
It is now widely accepted that forensic DNA profiles are rare, so it was a surprise to some people that different people represented in offender databases are being found to have the same profile. In the first place this is just an illustration of the birthday problem, but a deeper analysis must take into account dependencies among, profiles caused by family or population membership.
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