Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 50-53, December 2008

Empirical support for the reliability of DNA interpretation in Croatia

  • Gordan Lauc

      Affiliations

    • DNA Laboratory, University of Osijek School of Medicine, J. Huttlera 4, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    • Genos, Trg. Lj. Gaja 6, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    • ,
  • Snjezana Dzijan

      Affiliations

    • DNA Laboratory, University of Osijek School of Medicine, J. Huttlera 4, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    • ,
  • Damir Marjanovic

      Affiliations

    • Genos, Trg. Lj. Gaja 6, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    • ,
  • Simon Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Forensic & Data Centres, Australian Federal Police, GPO Box 401, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
    • ,
  • James Curran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
    • ,
  • John Buckleton

      Affiliations

    • ESR, PB 92021 Auckland, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +64 9 8153 904; fax: +64 9 8496 046.

Received 28 May 2008; received in revised form 8 August 2008; accepted 27 August 2008. published online 13 October 2008.

Abstract 

The result of empirical testing of forensic DNA match probabilities for Croatia is reported. It is concluded that if consideration is given to relatedness and subpopulation effects the model of Balding and Nichols appears to give very good predictions.

Keywords: DNA interpretation, Croatia, Subpopulations

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PII: S1872-4973(08)00130-0

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.08.005

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 50-53, December 2008

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