Alguns conceitos de genética populacional com relevância em genética forense

Abstract

Forensic Genetics makes no sense without the Population Genetics, because it is the branch of biology where lies the validity of the application of its methodologies. The forensic sample analysis reveals information that has to be framed in the context of a population to which belong the individual or individuals who have produced such a sample, either reference (for comparison) or unknown samples. Assign a greater or smaller weight to information obtained analytically implies the understanding of some basic principles of population genetics including the Hardy-Weinberg, the causes of deviations from this principle and ways to their detection.