While traditional forensic genetics has been oriented towards using human DNA in criminal
investigation and civil court cases, it currently presents a much wider application range …

Wildlife forensic science may not have attained the profile of human identification, yet the
scale of criminal activity related to wildlife is extensive by any measure. Service delivery in …

Background The 5'region of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) is the standard marker for DNA
barcoding. However, COI has proved to be of limited use in identifying some species, and for …

Despite their obvious utility, detailed species-level phylogenies are lacking for many groups,
including several major mammalian lineages such as bats. Here we provide a cytochrome b …

This is the first time that direct PCR–DNA amplification without prior DNA extraction–was
successfully developed and fully validated for rapid and economical simultaneous …

Forest fragmentation and defaunation are considered the main drivers of biodiversity loss,
yet the synergistic effects of landscape changes and biotic interactions on assemblage …

The extent of wildlife crime is unknown but it is on the increase and has observable effects
with the dramatic decline in many species of flora and fauna. The growing awareness of this …

The Praomyini tribe is one of the most diverse and abundant groups of Old World rodents.
Several species are known to be involved in crop damage and in the epidemiology of …

Species identification can be interesting in a wide range of areas, for example, in forensic
applications, food monitoring and in archeology. The vast majority of existing DNA ty** …

Contemporary molecular biology provides information about entire genome sequences,
which are used in fields such as medicine, pharmacogenetics, and nutrigenomics. Apart …