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SUMMARY:Y Chromosomal STR Markers: Assessing Evidential Value - Mikkel And
 ersen (Aalborg Universitet)
DTSTART:20161110T093000Z
DTEND:20161110T101500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Y chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) are widely used in
  forensic  genetics. The current application is mainly to detect non-match
 es\, and  subsequently release wrongly accused suspects. For matches the s
 ituation is  different. For now\, most analysts will just say that the hap
 lotypes matched but  they will not assess the evidential value of this mat
 ch. This is understandable  given the fact that a consensus of estimating 
 the evidential value has not yet  been reached. However\, work on getting 
 there is in progress. In this talk\, the  aim is to review some of&nbsp\;t
 he current methods for assessing the evidential value of a  Y-STR match. T
 his includes proposal for a new way to compare methods estimating  match p
 robabilities and a discussion of correcting for population substructure  t
 hrough the so-called &theta\;&nbsp\;(theta) method.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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