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The author discusses some of the complexities in dealing with multi-locus probes, where the genetic basis for each band may not be known.
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Curnow, R.N. Conditioning on the number of bands in interpreting matches of multilocus DNA profiles. Genetica 96, 51–53 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01441151
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