Real-time PCR detection and quantification of elephantid DNA: Species identification for highly processed samples associated with the ivory trade

Forensic Science International

Volumn 219, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 106-112

  Wozney, Kristyne Michelle ^a   Wilson, Paul J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CITES; Cytochrome b; Elephant; Mitochondrial DNA; Real time PCR; Species identification; Wildlife forensics; Woolly mammoth

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELEPHANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84861571000     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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