Egg forensics: An appraisal of DNA sequencing to assist in species identification of illegally smuggled eggs

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-273

  Coghlan, Megan L ^a   White, Nicole E ^a   Parkinson, Liza ^a   Haile, James ^a   Spencer, Peter B S ^a   Bunce, Michael ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cockatoos; Illegal bird trade; Mitochondrial DNA; Parrots; Species identification; Wildlife forensics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COCKATOO; CRIME; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DATABASE; ILLEGAL AVIAN TRADE; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDITY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; COCKATOOS; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRIME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EGGS; HUMANS; PARROTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857041419     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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