An overview to the investigative approach to species testing in wildlife forensic science

Investigative Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Linacre, Adrian ^a   Tobe, Shanan S ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRIME; CYTOCHROME B GENE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE 1 GENE; DNA BARCODING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; WILDLIFE;

EID: 80055069964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-2223-2-2     Document Type: Review

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