721-726 Wildlife forensics using mitochondrial DNA sequences: Species identification based on hairs collected in the field and confiscated tanned Felidae leathers

Genes and Genomics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 721-726

  Jun, Jumin ^a,b   Han, Sang Hoon ^a   Jeong, Tae Jin ^a   Park, Hyun Chul ^a,c   Lee, Byoungyoon ^a   Kwak, Myounghai ^a  

^a National Institute of Biological Resources   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c National Forensic Service   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Control region; Cytochrome B; Cytochrome oxidase I; Felidae leather; Wildlife forensics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905098916     PISSN: 19769571     EISSN: 20929293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13258-011-0080-7     Document Type: Article

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