Forensic Science International
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 98-103 , 2 June 2006

The problem of single parent/child paternity analysis—Practical results involving 336 children and 348 unrelated men

  • Micaela Poetsch

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Kuhstrasse 30, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 3834 865736; fax: +49 3834 865751.
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  • Christina Lüdcke

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Kuhstrasse 30, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Antje Repenning

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Kuhstrasse 30, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Lutz Fischer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Kuhstrasse 30, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Victoria Mályusz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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  • Eva Simeoni

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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  • Eberhard Lignitz

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Kuhstrasse 30, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Manfred Oehmichen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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  • Nicole von Wurmb-Schwark

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany

Received 30 June 2005 ,Accepted 4 July 2005.

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PII: S0379-0738(05)00394-4

doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.07.001

Forensic Science International
Volume 159, Issue 2 , Pages 98-103 , 2 June 2006

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