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Biostatistical evaluation of blood group, HLA and DNA findings in Jeffreys' immigrant test-case using special kinship and DNA algorithms
- Source :
- International Journal of Legal Medicine; January 1992, Vol. 105 Issue: 1 p47-50, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 1992
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Abstract
- Summary In the immigration case cited by Jeffreys et al. (1985), the biostatistical evaluation of blood group findings in 16 systems and of HLA-A,B findings for the mother and child, using a special kinship algorithm developed by Ihm and Hummel (1975), produced a probability of maternity of the Ghanaian-born putative mother of W = 6%; the probability of maternity for her sister was W = 94%. Using the DNA multilocus probes 33.15 and 33.6 and the bandsharing technique, the authors analysed band patterns from the putative mother and child as well as another 3 children of the same woman. It was concluded that the putative mother was the mother of all 4 children. An evaluation of the band patterns using the multi-di-allelism model and the kinship algorithm in accordance with the Essen-Möller principle produced: W = 99.99999999999999991%, or, if the “-----” constellations were not considered, W = 99.99998%.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09379827 and 14371596
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Legal Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs16033215
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01371238