Advanced topics in forensic DNA typing : interpretation / John M. Butler.

By:

Butler, John M. (John Marshall), 1969-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2015.Description: xx, 585 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0124052134
9780124052130

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

614.1 BUT

Contents:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Data interpretation overview -- Data, models, thresholds -- STR alleles and amplification artifacts -- STR genotypes -- STR profiles -- DNA mixtures -- Low-level DNA and complex mixtures -- Troubleshooting data collection -- Statistical interpretation overview -- STR population data analysis -- DNA profile frequency estimates and match probabilities -- DNA mixture statistics -- Coping with potential missing alleles -- Relationship testing: kinship statistics -- Lineage marker statistics -- Laboratory reports: communicating results and conclusions -- Appendixes: 1. STR allele frequencies from U.S. population data -- 2. NRC I & NRC II recommendations -- 3. DAB recommendations on statistics -- 4. Worked mixture example.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	614.1 BUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	03/05/2023	39002100482711

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Interpretation builds upon the previous two editions of John Butler's internationally acclaimed Forensic DNA Typing textbook with forensic DNA analysts as its primary audience. Intended as a third-edition companion to the Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing volume published in 2010 and Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Methodology published in 2012, this book contains 16 chapters with 4 appendices providing up-to-date coverage of essential topics in this important field. Over 80 % of the content of this book is new compared to previous editions.

Includes bibliographical references.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Section 1 Data Interpretation
Chapter 1 Data Interpretation Overview
Chapter 2 Data, Models & Thresholds
Chapter 3 STR Alleles & Artifacts
Chapter 4 STR Genotypes
Chapter 5 STR Profiles
Chapter 6 DNA Mixtures
Chapter 7 Low-Level DNA & Complex Mixtures
Chapter 8 Troubleshooting Data Collection
Section 2 Statistical Interpretation
Chapter 9 Statistical Interpretation Overview
Chapter 10 STR Population Data Analysis
Chapter 11 DNA Profile Frequency Estimates
Chapter 12 DNA Mixture Statistics
Chapter 13 Coping with Missing Alleles
Chapter 14 Relationship Testing
Chapter 15 Lineage Marker Statistics
Chapter 16 Laboratory Reports: Communicating Results and Conclusions
Appendices
Appendix 1 STR Allele Frequencies from U.S. Population Data
Appendix 2 NRC I and NRC II Recommendations
Appendix 3 DAB Recommendations on Statistics
Appendix 4 Worked mixture example (by Dr. Michael D. Coble)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

John M. Butler is a NIST Fellow and Special Assistant to the Director for Forensic Science, Office of Special Programs, at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Butler earned his PhD from the University of Virginia while doing DNA research in the FBI Laboratory's Forensic Science Research Unit. He has won numerous scientific awards, including being named Science Watch's #1 world-wide high-impact author in legal medicine and forensic science over the last decade (July 2011). He has over 150 publications in this field and is a frequent presenter on the topic of DNA typing, and has authored four other DNA Typing books including Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Methodology. For a detailed CV, visit http://www.cstl.nist.gov/strbase/butler.htm.