Bounding the number of contributors to mixed DNA stains

Steffen L. Lauritzen; J Mortera

doi:10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00351-1

Bounding the number of contributors to mixed DNA stains

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Abstract

We derive a simple inequality for the probability of observing a given DNA profile when assuming a fixed number of unknown persons have contributed to the mixed stain. We then show how this inequality can be used to obtain an upper bound for the number of unknown contributors needed to be considered.

Original language	English
Journal	Forensic Science International
Volume	130
Issue number	2-3
Pages (from-to)	125-126
Number of pages	2
ISSN	0379-0738
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00351-1
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

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