Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa's major poaching hotspots

Science

Volumn 349, Issue 6243, 2015, Pages 84-87

  Wasser, S K ^a   Brown, L ^a   Mailand, C ^a   Mondol, S ^a,c   Clark, W ^b   Laurie, C ^a   Weir, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INTERPOL   (France)

^c WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ELEPHANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; IVORY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; POACHING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ELEPHANT; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; SEIZURE; ANIMAL; CRIME; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POPULATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CRIME; ELEPHANTS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POPULATION;

EID: 84935117237     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa2457     Document Type: Article

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