Journal article

Significant genetic correlations among Caucasians at forensic DNA loci

DJ Balding, RA Nichols

HEREDITY | BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD | Published : 1997

Abstract

Although the effect of population differentiation on the forensic use of DNA profiles has been the subject of controversy for some years now, the debate has largely failed to focus on the genetical questions directly relevant to the forensic context. We re-analyse two published data sets and find that they convey much the same message for forensic inference, in contrast with the dramatically differing conclusions of the original authors. The analysis is likelihood-based and combines information across loci and across populations without assuming constant genetic differentiation. Our results suggest that the relevant genetic correlation coefficients are too large to be ignored in forensic wor..

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