Application of STR markers in wildlife forensic casework involving Australian black-cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.)

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 664-670

  White, Nicole E ^a   Dawson, Rick ^b   Coghlan, Megan L ^a   Tridico, Silvana R ^a   Mawson, Peter R ^b   Haile, James ^a   Bunce, Michael ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eggshell; Feathers; Poaching; Population database; Wildlife forensics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COCKATOO; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EGG SHELL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEATHER; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COCKATOOS; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC MARKERS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 84863777154     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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