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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
Volume 207, Issue 1-3, Pages E51-E54Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.12.017
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Barcoding; COI; Cytochrome c oxidase I gene; Wildlife forensics
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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 of carcasses, meat or blood. In the study presented here, the mitochondrial COI gene was sequenced to determine the species of unknown samples in three suspect South African forensic wildlife cases. In two cases the unknown samples were identified as originating from domestic cattle (Bos taurus) and in the third case the sample was identified as common reedbuck (Redunca arundinum). This is the first report of the COI sequence of common reedbuck. The study highlights the need for accurate wildlife reference material from each country in order to convict wildlife cases. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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