Contemporary Issues in Genetics and Evolution

1. Introduction; B. S. Weir. 2. A Method for Characterizing Differentiation between Populations at Multi-Allelic Loci and Its Implications for Establishing Identity and Paternity; D. J. Balding, R. A. Nichols. 3. The Effect of Relatedness on Likelihood Ratios and the Use of Conservative Estimates; J. F. Y. Brookfield. 4. The Effects of Inbreeding on DNA Profile Frequency Estimates Using PCR-Based Loci; B. Budowle. 5. Correlation of DNA Fragment Sizes within Loci in the Presence of Non-Detectable Alleles; R. Chakraborty, Z. Li. 6. Inferences of Population Subdivision from the VNTR Distributions of New Zealanders; A. G. Clark, J.F. Hamilton, G.K. Chambers. 7. Conditioning on the Number of Bands in Interpreting Matches of Multilocus DNA Profiles; R. N. Curnow. 8. Match Probability Calculations for Multi-Locus DNA Profiles; P. Donnelly. 9. Population Genetics of STR Loci; I. Evett, P. Gill. 10. Assessing the Probability of Paternity and the Product Rule in DNA Systems; D. W. Gjertson, J. W. Morris. 11. The Forensic Debate on the NRC's DNA Report: Population Structure, Ceiling Frequencies and the Need for Numbers; D. H. Kaye. 12. Applications of the Dirichlet Distribution to Forensic Match Probabilities; K. Lange. 13. The Honest Scientist's Guide to DNA Evidence; R. Lempert. 14. Tests for Independence in the FBI Databases; P. J. Maiste, B. S. Weir. 15. Alternative Approaches to Population Structure; N. Morton. 16. DNA Evidence: Wrong Answers or Wrong Questions? B. Robertson, G. A. Vignaux. 17. Subjective Interpretation, Laboratory Error and the Value of Forensic Evidence: Three Case Studies; W. Thompson. 18. Exact Tests for Disequilibria with Arbitrary Numbers of Loci and Alleles; D. Zaykin, L.A. Zhivotovsky, B.S. Weir. 19. Bibliography for the Forensic Uses of DNA.