Assigning African elephant DNA to geographic region of origin: Applications to the ivory trade

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

Volumn 101, Issue 41, 2004, Pages 14847-14852

  Wasser, Samuel K ^a   Shedlock, Andrew M ^a,d   Comstock, Kenine ^a,b   Ostrander, Elaine A ^b   Mutayoba, Benezeth ^c   Stephen, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ELEPHANT; FOREST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DENTIN; DNA; ELEPHANTS; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 6944244068     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0403170101     Document Type: Article

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