Unlocking the potential of genomic technologies for wildlife forensics

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 109-116

  Ogden, Rob ^a  

^a ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation genomics; Forensic genetics; Non model; SNP discovery; Wildlife crime; Wildlife DNA forensics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRIME; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CRIME; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951756132     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02954.x     Document Type: Article

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