Relationship Inference with Familias and R: Statistical Methods in Forensic Genetics - Rilegato

Egeland, Thore; Kling, Daniel; Mostad, Petter

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ISBN 10: 012802402X ISBN 13: 9780128024027

Casa editrice: Academic Pr, 2016

Riassunto

Relationship Inference with Familias and R: Statistical Methods in Forensic Genetics discusses the use of Familias and R software to understand genetic kinship of two or more DNA samples. This software is commonly used for forensic cases to establish paternity, identify victims, or analyze genetic evidence at crime scenes.

The book explores the use of familias and R for difficult situations, including inbred families, mutations, and missing data from degraded DNA. In addition, users will find specific sections that address plotting, genomosal marker analysis, chip data, NGS data, and relative estimation using genome-wide SNPs.

Although written for use with human DNA, the principles can be applied to non-human genetics for animal pedigrees and/or analysis of plants for agricultural purposes. The book contains all the necessary tools to evaluate any type of forensic case where kinship is an issue.

• Focuses on core material and omits general background material on probability, statistics, and forensic genetics
• Provides users with chapter exercises and solutions
• Contains all the necessary tools to evaluate any type of forensic case where kinship is an issue

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Informazioni sugli autori

Thore Egeland is a professor of statistics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He has worked in many areas including geostatistics, medicine, and reliability, and he and Petter Mostad started the Familias project. He has coauthored more than 100 scientific papers in forensic genetics. Currently, his research focuses on statistical methods applied to forensic genetics.Thore Egeland is a professor of statistics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. He has worked in many areas including geostatistics, medicine, and reliability, and he and Petter Mostad started the Familias project. He has coauthored more than 100 scientific papers in forensic genetics. Currently, his research focuses on statistical methods applied to forensic genetics.

Daniel Kling holds a PhD in biostatistics and is the author of several publications in forensic genetics including the book
"Relationship inference using Familias and RdStatistical methods in Forensic Genetics". His current research includes topics such as linked markers in relationship inference, software developments, and population genetics. He is the developer of the software
Familias, FamLink, and FamLinkX, all of which are widely used in forensics.

Petter Mostad is associate professor in mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. After graduating from Princeton with a PhD in pure mathematics, his interests have expanded in several directions and now focus on Bayesian inference and modeling, with forensic genetics as an important area of application. He initiated the implementation of the precursor of the Familias program in 1995, and has together with Thore Egeland and later Daniel Kling developed Familias, which is now one of the most used programs world-wide in the area of relationship inference based on DNA data.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Academic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 012802402X
• ISBN 13: 9780128024027
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 243
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile