Current and future directions of DNA in wildlife forensic science

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Johnson, Rebecca N ^a   Wilson Wilde, Linzi ^b   Linacre, Adrian ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b National Institute of Forensic Science   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CITES; DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; STR; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACCREDITATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DNA SEQUENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; LAW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WILDLIFE;

CITES; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; STR; WILDLIFE;

ACCREDITATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CERTIFICATION; DNA; FORENSIC GENETICS;

EID: 84893174482     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.12.007     Document Type: Review

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