The identification of elephant ivory evidences of illegal trade with mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and hypervariable D-loop region

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 174-178

  Lee, Eun Jung ^a   Lee, Yang Han ^a   Moon, Seo Hyun ^a   Kim, Nam Ye ^a   Kim, Soon Hee ^a   Yang, Moon Sik ^b   Choi, Dong Ho ^a   Han, Myun Soo ^a  

^a National Forensic Service   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CITES; Cytochrome b; D loop; Elephant; Illegal trade; Ivory

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANT IVORY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; LAOS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SAVANNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRIME; CYTOCHROMES B; DENTIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELEPHANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84875209819     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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