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How is DNA testing affected for Bi-Racial Clients?

April 26, 2017affected Bi-Racial clients dna testing

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How is DNA testing affected for Bi-Racial Clients?

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If you are a bi-racial individual or a race for which a database is not available, calculations are done based on both races (for instance, the Caucasian (White) and Black database frequencies). The lowest PI for each probe is used to calculate the Combined Paternity Index (CPI) or POP. This results in the most conservative value for the POP.