The interpretation of mixed profiles from DNA evidentiary material is one of the more challenging duties of the forensic scientist. Traditionally, analysts have used a “binary” …
Machines play increasingly crucial roles in establishing facts in legal disputes. Some machines convey information-the images of cameras, the measurements of thermometers …
PR Haddrill - Emerging topics in life sciences, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The analysis of DNA from biological evidence recovered in the course of criminal investigations can provide very powerful evidence when a recovered profile matches one …
Probabilistic genotyping has become widespread. EuroForMix and DNAStatistX are both based upon maximum likelihood estimation using a γ model, whereas STRmix™ is a …
P Gill, T Hicks, JM Butler, E Connolly, L Gusmão… - Forensic Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
The interpretation of evidence continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing the forensic community. This is the first of two papers intended to provide advice on difficult …
We report a large compilation of the internal validations of the probabilistic genotyping software STRmix™. Thirty one laboratories contributed data resulting in 2825 mixtures …
JM Butler, S Willis - Forensic science international: synergy, 2020 - Elsevier
This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in biological sciences from 2016 to 2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium …
F Oldoni, D Podini - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2019 - Elsevier
The deconvolution of DNA mixtures has gathered the attention of forensic DNA scientists for over two decades. To enhance mixture deconvolution capabilities, a new generation of …
Forensic genetic laboratories perform an increasing amount of genetic analyses of the X chromosome, in particular to solve complex cases of kinship analysis. For some biological …