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Lecture 4: Population genetics Flashcards

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what advantages does a DNA database bring to criminal investigation?

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  • criminals reoffended
  • severity of crimes done increase
  • small number of criminals can be responsible for a large number of crimes
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what are the two sections of NDNAD?

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  • profile generated from evidence collected from crime scenes ( full or partial)
  • full DNA generated from individuals.
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what does a crime scene sample need to contain before it can be uploaded to the NDNAD?

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minimum of 4 pairs of numbers and a sex marker

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whats FINDS?

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Forensic Information Database Service

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what representatives sit on the FIND board?

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– National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC)
– Home Office who run the NDNAD
– Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC)
– the Chair of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
– theInformationCommissioner(orrepresentative)
– the Forensic Science Regulator (or representative) (FSR)
– the Biometrics Commissioner (or representative)
– representatives from the police and devolved administrations of Scotland and Northern Ireland

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The retention of DNA samples is controlled by who?

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the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

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whats on the NDNAD legislation?

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  • DNA destroyed after profile, destroyed within 6 months.
  • PACE not applied to volunteers missing persons references
  • criminal procedure investigations act regulate extension for casework.
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Any age convicted for qualifying 2 offence, how long is DNA kept?

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indefinite

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Adult convicted of minor 3 offence, how long is DNA kept?

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indefinite

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under 18, minor, (give youth caution), of a mini offence, how long id DNA kept?

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first offence: 5 years
indefinite, if prison sentence more than 5 years
2nd conviction: indeifnite

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whats a speculative search?

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If under the PoFA a subject profile cannot be retained, the act does allow for a search to be conducted against the NDNAD.

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when can non routine searches be preformed?

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performed on crime scene profiles that do not meet the loading requirements.

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who developed familial searching?

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FSS

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when is familial searching used?

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serious offences

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In 2017/2018, how many familial searches were carried out?

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when was familial searching first used, what was the case?

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First used in 2003 with the conviction of Craig Harman for manslaughter after throwing a brick off a bridge which hit a lorry killing the driver.

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Joseph James deAngelo was part of what case?

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Golden State Killer case

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When comparison of DNA profiles from evidence and reference samples fail to exclude an individual, what must happen?

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statistics must be used to evaluate the significance of the match

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what is population genetics?

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Population genetics is the study of the causes of observed patterns of inherited genetic variation within populations

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what is population genetics used for?

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to apply a statistical significance to the value of a match between two DNA profiles

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when is population genetics important?

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when dealing with variability and uncertainty, especially in a court of law

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it must be careful that the rarity of a profile is ___ over estimated

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not

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Statistical basis of the evidence is determined using what?

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allele databases

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what are the three ways a DNA match can be communicated?

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  1. Combined Probability of Inclusion (CPI) or Exclusion (CPE)
  2. Random Match Probability (RMP)
  3. Likelihood Ratio (LR)
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This separation of each pair of alleles is _______ from the separation of others
independent
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what happening during meiosis produces variation?
crossing over
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____ _______ gives rise to the variation we see due to both independent assortment of alleles and recombination.
Genetic shuffling
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what does meiosis produce?
4 individual gametes
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meiosis quick steps
. DNA replicates – 2 chromatids 2. Crossing over 3. Meiosis I 4. MeiosisII 5. 4individualgametes
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whats the hardy weinberg principle?
within a randomly mating population the genotype frequencies at any one locus remain constant
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whats the HWE equation?
p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1
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what can be calculated form allele frequencies?
genotype frequencies
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what is probability?
Probability is the ratio of the number of actual occurrences of an event to the number of possible occurrences
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what are the 3 laws of probability?
* Between 0 and 1 * Events can be mutually exclusive * The probability of 2 independent events occurring simultaneously is the PRODUCT of their individual probabilities
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whats a population in statistical terms?
a set of objects of interest which is either infinite or so large as to be immeasurable in total
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what is a sample?
A sample is a subset of the population that can be measured, e.g. 200 UK males
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whats the statistic being examined ?
a genotype or allele
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whats needed to support DNA 17?
allele database
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How are Allelic databases constructed?
y measuring the frequency of occurrence of an allele within a population
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To create a Allelic databases how many people need to be sampled?
several hundred people, no relation, the larger the sample the more representative of the whole population
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allele databases are used to calculate the genotype frequencies but how?
using 2pq or p2
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The sum of all genotype frequencies should equal ?
1
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Homozygotes?
p2 or q2
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Heterozygotes?
2pq
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The STR alleles used in forensic investigation multiplexes are all inherited _____ of each other.
independently. (independence of loci)
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whats a syntenic STR pair?
Some STR loci are located on the same arm of a chromosome
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profile frequency can be calculated using what rule?
product rule
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how is product rule used to calculate profile frequency?
multiply genotype frequency at each locus, L1 x L2 etc
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whats the minimum quoted match probabiltiy?
1 in 1 billion’ as the minimum
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whats the maximum match probability retention value?
1 billin
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what needs to be considered when reporting match probability ?
- allele from different population groups =allow for sampling effects - consider linkage between syntenic loci - good methods for the interpretation of mixtures
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How to test for HWEat a locus?
- Compare observed and expected heterozygosities for that locus
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EH =?
1 - SUM(allele frequency data a^2+b^2....)
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OH=?
1 - SUM(homo genotype frequency data a,a + b,b + c,c........)
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How can OH and EH be used to determine if the population can be said to be in HWE at a specific locus?
OH has to fall within 2 standard errors of EH to be in HWE
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what cognitions must be met for HWE?
``` – Infinitely large population – Random mating – No migration – No natural selection – No mutation ```
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what are finite populations affected by?
random genetic drift
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sexual selection does not affect what?
STR loci
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whats it called when Migration can lead to changes in the gene pool?
Wahlund effect
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HWE is concerned with the ______ of alleles at one locus.
independence
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what can cause Linkage disequilibrium?
alleles that are physically close on a chromosome but also by population subdivision.
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Challenges to DNA evidence often focus on what?
inaccurate allele frequency databases which can lead to inaccurate profile frequencies being calculated
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what happens when there is a rare allele?
To deal with rare alleles not found in databases, is set minimum frequency of 0.01 (1%), or 5/2N. frequency less than this will be adjusted to avoid under-representation within the database.

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