Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 16-20 , January 2011

Forensic utilization of familial searches in DNA databases

Received 30 January 2010 ,Revised 8 June 2010 ,Accepted 25 July 2010.

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PII: S1872-4973(10)00116-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.07.005

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 16-20 , January 2011