DNA barcoding as a tool for species identification in three forensic wildlife cases in South Africa

Forensic Science International

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages

  Dalton, Desire L ^a,b   Kotze, Antoinette ^a,b  

^a National Zoological Gardens of South Africa   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barcoding; COI; Cytochrome c oxidase I gene; Wildlife forensics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOS TAURUS; BUCK (DEER); CATTLE; COI GENE; DNA BARCODING; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUNCA ARUNDINUM; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WILDLIFE;

EID: 79953044772     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.12.017     Document Type: Article

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