Empirical support for the reliability of DNA interpretation in Croatia

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

a DNA Laboratory, University of Osijek School of Medicine, J. Huttlera 4, 31000 Osijek, Croatia

b Genos, Trg. Lj. Gaja 6, 31000 Osijek, Croatia

c Forensic & Data Centres, Australian Federal Police, GPO Box 401, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

d Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

e ESR, PB 92021 Auckland, New Zealand

Corresponding author. Tel.: +64 9 8153 904; fax: +64 9 8496 046.

PII: S1872-4973(08)00130-0

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.08.005

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