Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 373-377 , August 2008

Increasing the confidence in half-sibship determination based upon 15 STR loci

  • Chang En Pu, MS (Scientist Specialist and Section Chief)

      Affiliations

    • Scientific and Technical Research Center, Ministry Justice Investigation Bureau, Taipei County 231, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 29112241x3740; fax: +886 2 29138599.
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  • Adrian Linacre, PhD (Senior Lecturer)

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Forensic Science, WestCHEM, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Received 4 September 2007 ,Revised 22 December 2007 ,Accepted 8 February 2008.

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PII: S1752-928X(08)00029-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.02.004

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 373-377 , August 2008

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