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SoftGenetics MaSTR Probabilistic Mixture Analysis Software

Nov 27, 2018

SoftGenetics has released a new probabalistic mixture analysis software product called MaSTR. Designed according to probabalistic guidelines set by the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science and the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods, MaSTR is meant to provide transparency to help forensic professionals better describe DNA findings in courtrooms. State College, Pennsylvania-based SoftGenetics said that it is making the MaSTR analysis code available to users on a confidential basis only.

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