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Creating informative DNA libraries using computer reinterpretation
of existing data
Northeastern Association of Forensic ScientistsNortheastern Association of Forensic ScientistsNovember, 2011November, 2011
Newport, RINewport, RI
Ria David, PhDRia David, PhDMark W Perlin, PhD, MD, PhDMark W Perlin, PhD, MD, PhDCybergenetics, Pittsburgh, PACybergenetics, Pittsburgh, PA
Cybergenetics © 2003-2011Cybergenetics © 2003-2011
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Crime scene biological evidence
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Challenging DNA data
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Human review uninformative
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SWGDAM 2010 triageInterpret DNA evidence
humanstochasticthreshold
computerprobabilistic
genotype(3.2.2)
resolvable inconclusive
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Validated probabilistic genotyping
MW Perlin, MM Legler, CE Spencer, JL Smith, WP Allan, JL Belrose, BW Duceman. Journal of Forensic Sciences, November 2011, Volume 56, Issue 6, Pages 1430-1447.
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NYS Regulatory Approval
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Key TrueAllele® features• objective interpretation never sees suspect
I. E. Dror, G. Hampikian. "Subjectivity and bias in forensic DNA mixture interpretation." Science & Justice. 2011
• thorough consideration of all genotype possibilities
J.-A. Bright, P. Gill, J. Buckleton. "Composite profiles in DNA analysis." Forensic Science International: Genetics. 2011
• challenging DNA data: mixed, low-level, degraded
H. Kelly, J. Bright, J. Curran, J. Buckleton. "The interpretation of low level DNA mixtures." Forensic Science International: Genetics. 2011
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TrueAllele investigation
• lab and prosecutor select case
• lab sends Cybergenetics data
• TrueAllele solves the problem with parallel statistical search
• Cybergenetics reports initial match results to prosecutor
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Case library of informative DNA match results
Prosecutor assesses strength of DNA evidence, offers plea bargain, and decides how to try case.
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On-demand case report
• prosecutor sets trial date
• Cybergenetics lets TrueAllele further explore the evidence
• Cybergenetics sends the case report to the prosecutor
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TrueAllele evidence
• objective computer results
• thoroughly explored data
• addressed data challenges
• likelihood ratio match statistic
• usually a million times more DNA identification information
• sometimes determines no statistical support for a match
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DNA justice is served
• confer with prosecutor
• prepare exhibits for court
• appear in court
• direct and cross examination
• follow up on case
Role of Cybergenetics scientist
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Case referral from lab analystI think this is a perfect example to demonstrate the power of True Allele vs. conventional methods.
The questioned sample is a control area from clothing of the victim. The sample is a mixture with the major contributor matching the victim.
The suspect could not be excluded as a minor contributor. Since we don't resolve the minor contributor's genotypes, a CPI was used.
Also, two loci were excluded from the calculations because two of the minor alleles fell within stutter positions and were probably filtered out by our conventional software's stutter filters.
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TrueAllele investigationReceived lab data: Friday afternoon, 3:00 pm
Preliminary report: Monday morning, 8:30 am
Email to the prosecutor:
The interior crotch panel is a mixture that has a 15% minor contributor that reproducibly matches the suspect.
Statistically, a match between the suspect and the evidence is about a quadrillion (15 zeros) times more probable than coincidence.
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TrueAllele evidenceTrueAllele assumed that the evidence sample data (Item 2D) contained one or two unknown contributors, and objectively inferred evidence genotypes solely from these data, both with and without a victim reference (Item 1P). Degraded DNA was considered. Following genotype inference, the computer then compared genotypes from these evidence items to a provided reference (Item 4) genotype, relative to reference populations, to compute likelihood ratio (LR) DNA match statistics.
Based on these results, a match between the crotch panel (Item 2D) and the suspect (Item 4) is:
1.35 quadrillion times more probable than a coincidental match to an unrelated Black person, 426 quadrillion times more probable than a coincidental match to an unrelated Caucasian person, and18.8 quadrillion times more probable than a coincidental match to an unrelated Hispanic person.
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Conclusions
• TrueAllele computing expands human capability
• Scientifically validated and peer reviewed
• Satisfies SWGDAM and regulatory guidelines
• Resolves "inconclusive" DNA evidence
• Have issued about 75 case reports so far
• Most for prosecution, some for defense
• Public-private partnership complements DNA lab
• Cybergenetics offers both products and services
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Learning More
www.cybgen.com/information
• Newsletters gentle introduction to ideas• Courses for scientists and lawyers• Presentations talks, handouts, movies, transcripts• Publications abstracts, manuscripts, papers
The science of quantitative DNA mixture interpretation