The escalating trend of illegal trade on wildlife and wildlife products is a serious threat to existence of wildlife globally. Effective enforcement of laws to contain this requires accurate identification of the seizures which is often difficult due to fake lookalike articles. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2022/v5i330138
Aims: To non-invasively collect the fecal samples of 12 different mammals and devise a simple method of fecal DNA extraction using a modified phenol-chloroform procedure of DNA isolation for species identification. Study Design: The experiment was laid out to check the applicabi...
Aims: To successfully utilize non-invasive shed skin samples for species identification of captive snake species of Tamil Nadu and create genetic repository. Study Design: The experiment was designed to apply the ammonium acetate method of DNA extraction from shed skin. Two mitoc...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2022/v25i430302
Aim: To study the morphological characteristics of dorsal guard hair of five carnivoran species native to Tamil Nadu for the creation of an identification key for application in wildlife forensics. Study Design: The experiment was designed to observe the physical characters of ea...
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Research Article10.9734/ajriz/2022/v5i130126