Lecture 16 & 17

Question 1

AABB
PI
C

Answer 1

American Association of Blood Banks
Paternity Index
Child

Question 2

Before DNA analysis, how was paternity testing performed?

Answer 2

Using blood proteins + stats

Question 3

To account for mutations where the child (C) has an allele not found in either parent, whats the threshold?

Answer 3

Two or more non paternal alleles
Mutations are more common in the paternal germ line (Typically add or lose one repeat)

Question 4

If prior odds are set to 1(1:1), Baye’s equation reduces to:

Answer 4

P(Hp|…

Question 5

Paternity Index

Answer 5

numerator = punnet square ans
denominator = likelihood the allele was from
denominator can be and or so add probabilities

Question 6

*****MEMORIZE EXAMPLES FROM PPT