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Table 2 Factors affecting the complexity of DNA profiles

From: Lab Retriever: a software tool for calculating likelihood ratios incorporating a probability of drop-out for forensic DNA profiles

Peak heights

Stutter

Masking by a major peak

Masking by a stutter peak

Analytical threshold

Number of contributors

Probability of drop-out

Probability of drop-in

Population genetic model

Population frequencies

Consideration of close relatives