Inferring ethnic origin by means of an STR profile |
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Authors: | Lowe A L Urquhart A Foreman L A Evett I W |
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Affiliation: | Forensic Science Service, 2960 Trident Court, Birmingham Business Park, Solihull, B37 7YN, West Midlands, UK. alexllowe@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: | We report the use of DNA profiles from six STR loci for inferring the ethnic origin of a crime stain and discuss how such inference may be used as intelligence information to reduce the expected number of interviews to resolve a case. To enable this work, databases have been created for five British ethnic groups (Caucasians, Afro-Caribbeans, Indian sub-continentals, Southeast Asians and Middle Easterners) that together comprise 99.7% of the UK population. |
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