Publications by authors named "Francois Guidet"
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- - A collaborative exercise involving multiple labs was conducted to evaluate how effectively different laboratories can analyze DNA from old bone samples, specifically those around 150 and 400 years old, supplied by institutions in Prague.
- - Eighteen participating laboratories used various techniques for DNA typing, and while they achieved consistent results for the 150-year-old sample, the 400-year-old sample presented challenges due to its degraded condition.
- - The study highlights the importance for labs to routinely check their methods for identifying degraded DNA in bone and teeth samples, ensuring minimal contamination risks during the process.
The Paternity Testing Commission (PTC) of the International Society for Forensic Genetics has taken up the task of establishing the biostatistical recommendations in accordance with the ISO 17025 standards and a previous set of ISFG recommendations specific to the genetic investigations in paternity cases. In the initial set, the PTC recommended that biostatistical evaluations of paternity are based on a likelihood ratio principle - yielding the paternity index, PI. Here, we have made five supplementary biostatistical recommendations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) has established a Paternity Testing Commission (PTC) with the purpose of formulating international recommendations concerning genetic investigations in paternity testing. The PTC recommends that paternity testing be performed in accordance with the ISO 17025 standards. The ISO 17025 standards are general standards for testing laboratories and the PTC offers explanations and recommendations concerning selected areas of special importance to paternity testing.
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