title: Population genetics of coincidental DNA matches.
abstract: The DNA profiles of two unrelated individuals can match (complete similarity) by chance alone. When the two individuals are related, the probability of a coincidental match is higher. Here, I deal with the probabilities of coincidental matches for both related and unrelated individuals. The derivation starts from first principles; no prior knowledge is required. The results obtained by the method developed here are compared with some other methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010334:Paternity; D011153:Population; D011336:Probability
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004247:DNA