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A fully continuous system of DNA profile evidence evaluation that can utilise STR profile data produced under different conditions within a single analysis

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posted on 2019-04-09, 01:40 authored by Duncan Taylor, Jo-Anne Bright, Hannah Kelly, Meng-Han Lin, John S. Buckleton
The introduction of probabilistic DNA interpretation systems has made it possible to evaluate many profiles that previously (under a manual interpretation system) were not. These probabilistic systems have been around for a number of years and it is becoming more common that their use within a laboratory has spanned at least one technology change. This may be a change in laboratory hardware, the DNA profiling kit used, or the manner in which the profile is generated. Up until this point, when replicates DNA profiles are generated, that span a technological change, the ability to utilise all the information in all replicates has been limited or non-existent. In this work we explain and derive the models required to evaluate (what we term) multi-kit analysis problems. We demonstrate the use of the multi-kit feature on a number of scenarios where such an analysis would be desired within a laboratory. Allowing the combination of profiling data that spans a technological change will further increase the amount of DNA profile information produced in a laboratory that can be evaluated.

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US National Institute of Justice - Grant 2011-DN-BX-K541

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