Who is who? Identification of livestock predators using forensic genetic approaches

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 397-404

  Caniglia, Romolo ^a   Fabbri, Elena ^a   Mastrogiuseppe, Luigi ^b   Randi, Ettore ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Prevenzione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Forensic molecular genetics; Livestock predation; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Salivary samples

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FARM ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HORSE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CARNIVORA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIVESTOCK; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 84876790640     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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