Assessing the utility of DNA barcoding in wildlife forensic cases involving South African antelope

Poaching of South African wildlife is considered a threat to biodiversity. In the absence of diagnostic morphometric traits, DNA barcoding is considered as a method of choice for species identification. Here, we report on forensic case work involving the illegal hunting of antelope species. Three fo...

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Main Authors: Desiré Lee Dalton, Marli de Bruyn, Tia Thompson, Antoinette Kotzé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Forensic Science International: Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910720300177