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Interpretation of DNA Mixtures—Australian and New Zealand consensus on principles

  • Peta Stringer
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    Biology Division, Victoria Police Forensic Services Department, La Trobe R&D Park, 31 Forensic Drive, Macleod 3085, Victoria, Australia
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  • John W. Scheffer
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    Biology Specialist Advisory Group (BSAG) of the Senior Managers of Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Laboratories (SMANZFL), Australia
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  • Pam Scott
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    Forensic Science Service Tasmania, 20 St. Johns Avenue, New Town, Tasmania 7008, Australia

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  • Joannah Lee
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    Biological Criminalistics, Forensic and Data Centres, Australian Federal Police, GPO Box 401 Canberra 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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  • Robert Goetz
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  • Vanessa Ientile
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Published:November 10, 2008DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.09.003
Interpretation of DNA Mixtures—Australian and New Zealand consensus on principles
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      In 2006, the DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics published their recommendations on the interpretation of DNA Mixtures [
      • Gill P.
      • Brenner C.H.
      • Buckleton J.S.
      • Carracedo A.
      • Krawczak M.
      • Mayr W.R.
      • Morling N.
      • Prinz M.
      • Schneider P.M.
      • Weir B.S.
      DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics: recommendations on the interpretation of mixtures.
      Forensic Sci. Int. 2006; 160: 90-101
      ]. The Technical UK working group on mixture interpretation [
      • Morling N.
      • Bastisch I.
      • Gill P.
      • Schneider P.M.
      Interpretation of DNA mixtures—European consensus on principles.
      Forensic Sci. Int.: Genet. 2007; 1: 291-292
      ] published their considerations of the former paper to place them in the context of those jurisdictions. These papers were followed by a further publication [
      • Schneider P.M.
      • Fimmers R.
      • Keil W.
      • Molsberger G.
      • Patzelt D.
      • Pflug W.
      • Rothamel T.
      • Schmitter K.
      • Schneider H.
      • Brinkmann B.
      Allgemeine Empfehlungen der Spurenkommission zur Bewertung von DNA-Mischspuren.
      Rechtsmedizin. 2006; 16: 401-404
      ] which clarified some points in the original publication [
      • Gill P.
      • Brenner C.H.
      • Buckleton J.S.
      • Carracedo A.
      • Krawczak M.
      • Mayr W.R.
      • Morling N.
      • Prinz M.
      • Schneider P.M.
      • Weir B.S.
      DNA Commission of the International Society of Forensic Genetics: recommendations on the interpretation of mixtures.
      Forensic Sci. Int. 2006; 160: 90-101
      ].

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      Published online: November 10, 2008
      Received: September 9, 2008

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.09.003

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