TABLE 3.
Evaluation of potentially unreliable loci
| No. of VNTR loci used | Locus or loci excluded | Comment | lnL ± SEMb | Efficiency ± SEM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | None | Full data set | −7,842 ± 69 | 0.71 ± 0.05 |
| 15 | (AC)8a | Randomly selected locus | −7,314 ± 60 | 0.69 ± 0.03 |
| 15 | (GTA)9 | Randomly selected locus | −7,155 ± 3 | 0.66 ± 0.02 |
| 15 | 12-5 | Randomly selected locus | −7,721 ± 5 | 0.73 ± 0.02 |
| 15 | Average of (AC)8a, (GTA)9, and 12-5 | Mean of one randomly selected locus (n = 9) | −7,397 ± 86 | 0.69 ± 0.02 |
| 15 | (AT)15 | Worst concordance, 22.3% missing dataa | −7,032 ± 67 | 0.68 ± 0.002 |
| 15 | (TA)18 | Second-worst concordance, 18.2% missing dataa | −6,951 ± 68 | 0.78 ± 0.04 |
| 15 | 18-8 | Multiple stutter bands, 30.2% missing dataa | −7,675 ± 72 | 0.62 ± 0.02 |
| 15 | (TA)10 | Most missing data (45.1%) | −7,361 ± 69 | 0.71 ± 0.02 |
| 14 | (AT)17, 12-5 | Two random loci | −6,655 ± 45 | 0.73 ± 0.01 |
| 14 | (AT)15, (TA)18 | Combination of two suspect loci | −6,126 ± 9 | 0.61 ± 0.01 |
| 14 | (AT)15, 18-8 | Combination of two suspect loci | −6,822 ± 67 | 0.66 ± 0.02 |
| 14 | (TA)18 18-8 | Combination of two suspect loci | −6,721 ± 66 | 0.59 ± 0.02 |
| 13 | (AT)17, 6-7, 12-5 | Three randomly selected loci | −6,268 ± 37 | 0.76 ± 0.02 |
| 13 | (AT)15, (TA)18, 18-8 | All three suspect loci | −5,897 ± 68 | 0.70 ± 0.05 |
| 13 | (AT)15, (TA)18, (GGT)5 | Two suspect loci plus a randomly selected locus | −6,038 ± 2 | 0.66 ± 0.01 |
| 13 | (AT)15, (TA)18, (AC)8a | Two suspect loci plus a randomly selected locus | −5,580 ± 6 | 0.62 ± 0.01 |
| 13 | Average of two trials | Mean of two suspect loci plus one randomly selected locus (n = 6) | −5,809 ± 84 | 0.64 ± 0.01 |
a
Comment from reference 8.
b
SEM, standard error of the mean.