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Evaluating forensic DNA mixtures with contributors of different structured ethnic origins: a computer software

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The effect of a structured population on the likelihood ratio of a DNA mixture has been studied by the current authors and others. In practice, contributors of a DNA mixture may belong to different ethnic/racial origins, a situation especially common in multi-racial countries such as the USA and Singapore. We have developed a computer software which is available on the web for evaluating DNA mixtures in multi-structured populations. The software can deal with various DNA mixture problems that cannot be handled by the methods given in a recent article of Fung and Hu.

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The authors thank the Editor and the referees for helpful comments that improved the presentation of the paper. The work is partially supported by a Hong Kong RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant and the SEU Science Foundation (9207011146).

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Hu, YQ., Fung, W.K. Evaluating forensic DNA mixtures with contributors of different structured ethnic origins: a computer software. Int J Legal Med 117, 248–249 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-003-0378-3

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