title: Bounding the number of contributors to mixed DNA stains.
abstract: We derive a simple inequality for the probability of observing a given DNA profile when assuming a fixed number of unknown persons have contributed to the mixed stain. We then show how this inequality can be used to obtain an upper bound for the number of unknown contributors needed to be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7G, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark. steffen@math.auc.dk
authors.forename: Steffen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lauritzen
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mortera
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001801:Blood Stains; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D004247:DNA