The expected performance of single nucleotide polymorphism loci in paternity testing

Ayres, K. L. (2005) The expected performance of single nucleotide polymorphism loci in paternity testing. Forensic Science International, 154 (2-3). pp. 167-172. ISSN 0379-0738 doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.10.004

Abstract/Summary

We discuss the utility of single nucleotide polymorphism loci for full trio and mother-unavailable paternity testing cases, in the presence of population substructure and relatedness of putative and actual fathers. We focus primarily on the expected number of loci required to gain specified probabilities of mismatches, and report the expected proportion of paternity indices greater than three threshold values for these loci. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.