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ArticleCroatian medical journal2012

A novel strategy for sibship determination in trio sibling model.

James Chun-I Lee, Yen-Yang Lin, Li-Chin Tsai, Chun-Yen Lin, Tsun-Ying Huang, Pao-Ching Chu, Yu-Jen Yu, Adrian Linacre, Hsing-Mei Hsieh

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Article in Croatian medical journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

James Chun-I LeeDepartment of Forensic Science, Central Police University, 56 Shu-Jen Road, Kwei-San, Taoyuan 33304, Taiwan ROC.
Yen-Yang Lin
Li-Chin Tsai
Chun-Yen Lin
Tsun-Ying Huang
Pao-Ching Chu
Yu-Jen Yu
Adrian Linacre
Hsing-Mei Hsieh
Ministry of Justice · TWNational Taiwan University · TWCentral Police University · TWFlinders University · AU

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Abstract

aimTo use a virtually simulated population, generated from published allele frequencies based on 15 short tandem repeats (STR), to evaluate the efficacy of trio sibship testing and sibling assignment for forensic purposes.

methodsVirtual populations were generated using 15 STR loci to create a large number of related and unrelated genotypes (10,000 trio combinations). Using these virtual populations, the probability of related and unrelated profiles can be compared to determine the chance of inclusions of being siblings if they are true siblings and the chance of inclusion if they are unrelated. Two specific relationships were tested - two reference siblings were compared to a third true sibling (3S trio, sibling trio) and two reference siblings were compared to an unrelated individual (2S1U trio, non-sibling trio).

resultsWhen the likelihood ratio was greater than 1, 99.87% of siblings in the 3S trio population were considered as siblings (sensitivity); 99.88% of non-siblings in the 2S1U trio population were considered as non-siblings (specificity); 99.9% of both populations were identified correctly as siblings and non-siblings; and the accuracy of the test was 99.88%.

conclusionsThe high sensitivity and specificity figures when using two known siblings compared to a putative sibling are significantly greater than when using only one known relative. The data also support the use of increasing number of loci allowing for greater confidence in genetic identification. The system established in this study could be used as the model for evaluating and simulating the cases with multiple relatives.

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DNA FingerprintingModels, GeneticComputer SimulationForensic AnthropologyHumansLikelihood FunctionsMicrosatellite RepeatsSensitivity and Specificity

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