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Isolation of DNA from small amounts of elephant ivory: Sampling the cementum with total demineralization extraction.
Forensic science international - 1 Jul 2018
Winters M, Torkelson A, Booth R, Mailand C, Hoareau Y, Tucker S, Wasser S K
Abstract excerpt
Genotyping ivory samples can determine the geographic origin of poached ivory as well as the legality of ivory being sold in ivory markets. We conducted a series of experiments to determine where the DNA is most concentrated in ivory samples and how best to increase DNA yield from groups of samples likely to vary in DNA concentration. We examined variation in DNA amplification success from: the layer(s) of the...
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