About the Authors
- Mark W. Perlin
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* E-mail: perlin@cybgen.com
Affiliation Cybergenetics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Alexander Sinelnikov
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Affiliation Genetica, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Mark Perlin is a shareholder, officer and employee of Cybergenetics in Pittsburgh, PA, a company that develops genetic technology for computer interpretation of DNA evidence. Cybergenetics manufactures the TrueAllele® Casework system, which is one of the methods described in the paper. Dr. Alex Sinelnikov is an employee of Genetica in Cincinnati, OH, a company that conducts genetic testing. Dr. Sinelnikov was an employee of Cybergenetics at time he worked on this study.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MP. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP. Wrote the paper: MP.