Testing the reliability of software tools in sex and ancestry estimation in a multi-ancestral Brazilian sample

Testing the reliability of software tools in sex and ancestry estimation in a multi-ancestral Brazilian sample

Highlights • Of 4 Brazilian groups tested, Afro-Brazilians were the most prone to misclassification. • Japanese Brazilians were recognizable, but also showed affinity towards Hispanic crania. • Admixed group showed inconsistencies with a tendency towards Asian/Hispanic crania. • The best classificat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2014-09, Vol.16 (5), p.264-273
Hauptverfasser: Urbanová, Petra, Ross, Ann H, Jurda, Mikoláš, Nogueira, Maria-Ines
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
3D-ID
Ancestry assessment
Brazil
Brazilian crania
Female
FORDISC
Forensic Anthropology - methods
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Population Groups - ethnology
Sex assessment
Sex Determination by Skeleton - methods
Software - standards
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Of 4 Brazilian groups tested, Afro-Brazilians were the most prone to misclassification. • Japanese Brazilians were recognizable, but also showed affinity towards Hispanic crania. • Admixed group showed inconsistencies with a tendency towards Asian/Hispanic crania. • The best classification rate for sex assessment was provided by COLIPR software. • Brazilian crania differ significantly from those represented in the tested software.
ISSN:1344-6223
1873-4162
DOI:10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.06.002