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Using DNA to track the origin of the largest ivory seizure since the 1989 trade ban.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Mar 2007

Wasser Samuel K, Mailand Celia, Booth Rebecca, Mutayoba Benezeth, Kisamo Emily, Clark Bill, Stephens Matthew

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The illegal ivory trade recently intensified to the highest levels ever reported. Policing this trafficking has been hampered by the inability to reliably determine geographic origin of contraband ivory. Ivory can be smuggled across multiple international borders and along numerous trade routes,...

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PMID: 17360505
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609714104
PMCID: PMC1805457

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