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Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court

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Sometimes, a partial match may be detected. This could occur if several of the loci tested are consistent between the evidence and the known, but the remaining loci yield no detectable alleles (this is different from an exclusion in which alleles are detected but are inconsistent).

Some laboratories may include a statement reporting a partial match.

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