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The BIAS of the Dichotomy Exclusion / Non-Exclusion and the Evidential Value of L (or W)

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Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics

Part of the book series: Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics ((HAEMOGENETICS,volume 2))

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The aim of paternity expertises is to estimate the relative likelihood of mutually exclusive genealogical hypotheses, based on the results of a genetic analysis.

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Amorim, A., Rocha, J. (1988). The BIAS of the Dichotomy Exclusion / Non-Exclusion and the Evidential Value of L (or W). In: Mayr, W.R. (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics. Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73330-7_123

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