What is wrong with simply saying that a suspect is included in a mixture without providing any statistics? Why is it important to establish independence between alleles and between loci?

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What is wrong with simply saying that a suspect is included in a mixture without providing any statistics? Why is it important to establish independence between alleles and between loci?

 

 

im assuming allele frequency in dna, particualrily forensics. class is forensic dna analysis.

 

 

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