1. Testing for kinship in a subdivided population
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Fung, Wing K., Carracedo, Angel, and Hu, Yue-Qing
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GENE expression , *KINSHIP , *BIOLOGICAL models , *COMPARATIVE studies , *DNA fingerprinting , *FAMILIES , *GENEALOGY , *GENES , *GENETICS , *GENETIC techniques , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *PATERNITY , *PROBABILITY theory , *RESEARCH , *EVALUATION research , *GENOTYPES - Abstract
The effect of population subdivision on the determination of kinship of any two persons is investigated in this paper. Expressions of the joint genotype probabilities and likelihood ratios on kinship testing are reported. Two real cases are analysed using the Hong Kong Chinese population data and the Spanish data. Various kinds of relationships are investigated for illustration. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2003
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