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The Pearson product‐moment correlation coefficient is better suited for identification of DNA fingerprint profiles than band matching algorithms

Bernhard G. Häne, Kathrin Jäger, Hans G. Drexler

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A database of DNA fingerprint profiles from permanently established human and animal cell lines was prepared with a computer program originally designed for numerical taxonomy of bacteria. Identifications of cell line DNA profiles were performed, both by the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and by band matching. Under the conditions used the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was consistently more reliable.

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Key concepts: Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, Correlation coefficient, Fingerprint (computing), Moment (physics), Matching (statistics), Correlation, DNA profiling, Computer science