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  • Forensic Science
  • Genetics
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Unknown DNA profiles in forensic cases necessitate database searches for perpetrator identification.
  • Low-template DNA analysis presents challenges due to allele drop-out, impacting search accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate two probability-based search strategies for extracting suspects from DNA databases.
  • To assess the performance of these strategies under varying levels of allele drop-out, simulating low-template DNA scenarios.
  • To compare the efficacy of the SGM Plus and ESX 17 kits for perpetrator identification in the Norwegian population.

Main Methods:

  • Development and application of probability-based DNA database search strategies.
  • Simulation of low-template DNA conditions by varying allele drop-out rates.
  • Performance evaluation using random man simulation.
  • Comparative analysis of SGM Plus and ESX 17 kits for the Norwegian population.

Main Results:

  • The ESX 17 kit demonstrates significantly enhanced power for perpetrator discovery in large national DNA databases compared to the SGM Plus kit.
  • The proposed match scores show performance that is robust to varying levels of allele drop-out.
  • Random man simulation confirmed the efficiency of the evaluated database extraction strategies.

Conclusions:

  • The ESX 17 kit offers a substantial improvement in identifying perpetrators within large forensic DNA databases.
  • The developed probability-based search strategies are effective, even with challenging low-template DNA samples.
  • Future work includes releasing the database extraction strategy code in the R-package forensim.