title: Consideration of the probative value of single donor 15-plex STR profiles in UK populations and its presentation in UK courts.
abstract: The adoption of new 15 locus STR multiplex systems into UK forensic science would be facilitated by agreed guidelines for reporting the strength of DNA evidence using likelihood ratios. To facilitate such an agreement, we present an analysis of previously published UK allele frequencies for white Caucasian, Afro-Caribbean and Indo-Pakistani populations and investigate their effect on likelihood ratios for single donor profiles. We consider the implication of the five additional loci and suggest a procedure for reporting likelihood ratios for 15-plex STR profiles.
authors: Research and Development, Birmingham, B37 7YN, UK. andy.hopwood@fss.pnn.police.uk
authors: Andrew J
authors: AJ
authors: Hopwood
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Puch-Solis
authors: Valerie C
authors: VC
authors: Tucker
authors: James M
authors: JM
authors: Curran
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Skerrett
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: Pope
authors: Gillian
authors: G
authors: Tully
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D006113:United Kingdom