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Letter to the Editor: comments on biostatistical power of sibling analysis by STR markers

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Acknowledgments

Theoretical underpinning of the comments made in this letter, as stated in the text, is based on the author’s joint work with Drs. Bruce Budowle and Jianye Ge (citation [3]), who are to be acknowledged for private discussions on this subject with them as well.

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  1. Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, and Center for Computational Genomics, Institute of Applied Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA

    Ranajit Chakraborty

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Chakraborty, R. Letter to the Editor: comments on biostatistical power of sibling analysis by STR markers. Int J Legal Med 130, 953–957 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-016-1379-3

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