A Note on Positive Identification of Paternity by Using Genetic Markers

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Abstract
To see the efficiency of the statistical methods for positive identification of fathers using genetic markers, the statistical properties of the paternity index are studied algebraically and numerically. The current statistical methods are not powerful enough to discriminate between true fathers and non-excluded non-fathers, and more often than not, may lead to false attributions of paternity. Exclusion of paternity is evidently the only conclusive evidence that can be accepted by courts of law until better methods are devised.

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