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Data mining the family tree: identification of relatives using genetic kinship analysis of DNA

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Frederick R. Bieber,

Charles Brenner,

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dg.o '05: Proceedings of the 2005 national conference on Digital government research

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Published: 15 May 2005 Publication History

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In this paper we examine the possible use of DNA databases to search for perpetrators who are related to those in the offender DNA database.

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Portland State University
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Genevieve Giuliano
DGRC and USC/ISI

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