DNA mixture interpretation (FSR-G-222)
This guidance sets out the approach for the interpretation of DNA mixture profiles.
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The document includes:
- standardised terminology to be used
- the acceptable boundaries for the interpretation of complex DNA mixture profiles
- the interpretation of a variable number of contributors to a DNA mixture profile
- the use and limitations of a qualitative opinion where no quantitative measure can be calculated
- guidance for the interpretation content for reports and statements
Issue 2 of this document updates:
- the position for guideline 16
- the qualitative evaluation of the strength of evidence, and the major and minor approach - discussed in the ISFG’s DNA commission of the international society for forensic genetics: Assessing the value of forensic biological evidence
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