title: Testing for kinship in a subdivided population.
abstract: The effect of population subdivision on the determination of kinship of any two persons is investigated in this paper. Expressions of the joint genotype probabilities and likelihood ratios on kinship testing are reported. Two real cases are analysed using the Hong Kong Chinese population data and the Spanish data. Various kinds of relationships are investigated for illustration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. wingfung@hku.hk
authors.forename: Wing K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carracedo
authors.forename: Yue-Qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D005190:Family; D005787:Gene Frequency; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010334:Paternity; D010375:Pedigree; D013030:Spain