Anthropology 2235A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Genetic Variation, Population Genetics, Product Rule

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 2235A/B
• Professor: Eldon Molto

Document Summary

Lecture 17 developing and interpreting a profile. Long tradition in forensic based on discernible uniqueness. E. g. , a forensic odontologist finds 5 ante and postmortem agreements and calls a match (what is the chances of each occurring in the population that the individual comes from?) To develop a dna profile there are a large number of complicated steps to follow 1st. Population genetics is concerned with how much genetic variation exists in natural populations and explains its origin, maintenance and evolutionary importance.