Establishing the identity of the massacred tigress in a case of wildlife crime

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-75

  Gupta, Sandeep Kumar ^a,b   Bhagavatula, Jyotsna ^a   Thangaraj, Kumarasamy ^a   Singh, Lalji ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Biological parent; Biological remnant; Mitochondrial DNA markers; Sibling; STRs; Wildlife crime

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TIGER; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CRIME; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENETIC MARKERS; INDIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIGERS;

EID: 78651351721     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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