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9780470727034

Statistical DNA Forensics: Theory, Methods and Computation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470727034

  • ISBN10:

    0470727039

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-06-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

Statistical methodology plays a key role in ensuring that DNA evidence is collected, interpreted, analyzed and presented correctly. With the recent advances in computer technology, this methodology is more complex than ever before. There are a growing number of books in the area but none are devoted to the computational analysis of evidence. This book presents the methodology of statistical DNA forensics with an emphasis on the use of computational techniques to analyze and interpret forensic evidence.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Statistics, forensic science and the law
The use of statistics in forensic DNA
Genetic basis of DNA profiling and typing technology
Genetic basis
Typing technology
About the book
Probability and statistics
Probability
Dependent events and conditional probability
Law of total probability
BayesÆ Theorem
Binomial probability distribution
Multinomial distribution
Poisson distribution
Normal distribution
Likelihood ratio
0 Statistical inference
0.1 Test of hypothesis
0.2 Estimation and testing
1 Problems
Population genetics
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Test for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Observed and expected heterozygosities
Chi-square test
FisherÆs exact test
Computer software
Other statistics for analysis of a population database
Linkage equilibrium
Power of discrimination
DNA profiling
Subpopulation models
Relatives
Problems
Parentage testing
Standard trio
Paternity index
An example
Posterior odds and probability of paternity
Paternity computer software
Steps in running the software
The software to deal with an incest case
A relative of the alleged father is the true father
Alleged father unavailable but his relative is
Motherless case
Paternity index
Computer software and example
Motherless case: relatives involved
A relative of the alleged father is the true father
Alleged father unavailable but his relative is
Computer software and example
Determination of both parents
Probability of excluding a random man from paternity
Power of exclusion
A random man case
A relative case
An elder brother case: mother available
0 Other issues
0.1 Reverse parentage
0.2 Mutation
1 Problems
Testing for kinship
Kinship testing of any two persons: HWE
Computer software
Kinship testing of two persons: subdivided populations
Joint genotype probability
Relatives involved
Examples with software
Three persons situation: HWE
Computer software and example
Three persons situation: subdivided populations
Standard trio
A relative of the alleged father is the true father
Alleged father unavailable but his relative is
Example
General method and computer software
Complex kinship determinations: method and software
EasyPA_In_1_Minute software and the method
EasyPAnt_In_1_Minute
EasyIN_In_1_Minute
EasyMISS_In_1_Minute
Other considerations: probability of paternity and mutation
Problems
Interpreting mixtures
An illustrative example
Some common cases and a case example
One victim, one suspect and one unknown
One suspect and two unknowns
Two suspects and two unknowns
Case example
Exclusion probability
A general approach
Population in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Population with multiple ethnic groups
Subdivided population
Single ethnic group: simple cases
Single ethnic group: general situations
Multiple ethnic groups
Computer software and example
NRC II Recommendation 4.1
Single ethnic group
Multiple ethnic groups
Proofs
The proof of Equation (6.6
The proof of Equation (6.8
The proof of Equation (6.9
The proofs of Equations (6.11) and (6.12
The proofs of Equations (6.14) and (6.15
0 Problems
Interpreting mixtures in the presence of relatives
One pair of relatives: HWE
Motivating example
A probability formula
Tested suspect with an unknown relative
Unknown suspect with a tested relative
Two related persons were unknown contributors
An application
Two pairs of relatives: HWE
Two unknowns related respectively to two typed persons
One unknown is related to a typed person and two other
unknowns are related
Two pairs of related unknowns
Examples
Extension
Related people from the same subdivided population
Introductory example
A simple case with one victim, one suspect and one relative
General formulas
An example analyzed by the software
Proofs
Preliminary
The proof of Equation (7.5
The proof of Equation (7.7
The proof of Equation (7.9
The proof of Equation (7.11
The proof of Equation (7.13
The proofs of Equations (7.18) and (7.20
Problems
Other issues
Lineage markers
Haplotypic genetic markers for mixture
Bayesian network
Peak information
Mass disaster
Database search
Solutions to Problems
The standard normal distribution
Upper 1% and 5% points of w2 distributions
Bibliography
Index
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