Using DNA to track the origin of the largest ivory seizure since the 1989 trade ban

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4228-4233

  Wasser, Samuel K ^a   Mailand, Celia ^a   Booth, Rebecca ^a   Mutayoba, Benezeth ^b   Kisamo, Emily ^c   Clark, Bill ^d   Stephens, Matthew ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c Lusaka Agreement Task Force   (Kenya)

^d Israel Nature and Parks Authority   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African elephant; DNA assignments; Forensics; Loxodonta africana; Poaching

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DNA DETERMINATION; ELEPHANT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IVORY TUSK; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILDLIFE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRIME; DNA; ELEPHANTS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 34247281946     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609714104     Document Type: Article

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