Avoiding common numts to provide reliable species identification for tiger parts

Tigers are killed to supply a demand for many wildlife products despite a ban on commercial international trade. As populations decrease, products from substitute species (i.e. lions and leopards) have been fraudulently sold as tiger. DNA forensic techniques are needed to definitively identify tiger...

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Main Authors: Kelly I. Morgan, Kyle M. Ewart, Truong Q. Nguyen, Frankie T. Sitam, Kanita Ouitavon, Amanda L. Lightson, Antoinette Kotze, Ross McEwing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Forensic Science International: Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266591072030116X