Current issues in species identification for forensic science and the validity of using the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Wilson Wilde, Linzi ^a,c,d   Norman, Janette ^d,e   Robertson, James ^b   Sarre, Stephen ^c   Georges, Arthur ^c  

^a ANZPAA National Institute of Forensic Science   (Australia)

^b Forensic and Data Centres   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barcode of Life; Barcoding; BOLD; COI; Cytochrome oxidase I; DNA analysis; Forensic science laboratories; Sequencing; Species identification; Wildlife crime

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRIME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRIME; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956010660     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-010-9172-y     Document Type: Article

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