Reliable molecular identification of vertebrate species from morphologically unidentifiable
tissue is critical for the prosecution of illegally-traded wildlife products, conservation-based …

The poachers adopted various cunning ways to modify the wildlife materials before
commercialization. Thus, the confiscated wildlife materials is often a crime with no …

The ivory industry is the single most serious threat to global elephant populations. A highly
sensitive, species-specific real-time PCR assay has been developed to detect and quantify …

We developed a simple and rapid method for animal species identification in the forensic
science field based on mitochondrial DNA using two multiplex real-time PCRs and analysis …

Wildlife forensic DNA analysis by amplification of a mitochondrial locus followed by DNA
sequencing is routine, yet suffers from being costly and time-consuming. To address these …

The potential of mitochondrial DNA markers and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment
length polymorphism for domestic a Page 1 African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 5 (18), pp …

Excessive wildlife hunting for commercial purposes can have negative impacts on
biodiversity and may result in species extinction. To ensure compliance with legal statutes …

Despite very strict wildlife protection acts in several countries and trading laws such as
CITES, illegal trading and poaching of wildlife is still active mostly because of the use of their …

Poaching of wildlife animals for subsistence and commercial purposes has lead to
population declines in Africa. In forensic cases, a need exists to identify the species of origin …

Large forensic mtDNA databases which adhere to strict guidelines for generation and
maintenance, are not available for many populations outside of the United States and …