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Application of DNA Fingerprinting and Wildlife Forensics

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Illegal wildlife trade has been detected as a global threat to the sustainability of biodiversity and the security of society. It invited the strict wildlife protection laws. In the past two decades, forensic science has evolved rapidly with its emerging branch “wildlife forensics” with great success. Investigation of wildlife crime is increasingly supporting the implementation of wildlife protection laws. Among two methods, viz., morphological examination and molecular analysis, the latter was proven as the most effective method for dealing such issues. The primers designed for conserved region located on the genes of the mitochondrial genome have enormous scope in dealing the DNA wildlife forensics. We describe the use of morphological examination, DNA typing, and genetic profiling in dealing the wildlife offenses.

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  1. Department of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology & Wildlife Forensic and Conservation Genetics Cell, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India

    Sandeep Kumar Gupta

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  1. DNA Fingerprinting Unit, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Hirak Ranjan Dash

  2. DNA Fingerprinting Unit, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Pankaj Shrivastava

  3. Department of Biology and DNA Fingerprinting Unit, Central Forensic Science Laboratory, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Braja Kishore Mohapatra

  4. Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India

    Surajit Das

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Gupta, S.K. (2018). Application of DNA Fingerprinting and Wildlife Forensics. In: Dash, H., Shrivastava, P., Mohapatra, B., Das, S. (eds) DNA Fingerprinting: Advancements and Future Endeavors. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1583-1_5

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