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individual matching

A decision which identifies an organism as the source of the DNA that produced an evidentiary single-source or major contributor profile; This statement is often based on population frequency estimates that are more rare than some defined number.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB 048 Wildlife Forensic DNA Standard Procedures. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2019. Source link
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