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Forensic validation of a SNP and INDEL panel for individualisation of timber from bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum Pursch).
Forensic science international. Genetics - 1 May 2020
Dormontt E E, Jardine D I, van Dijk K-J, Dunker B F, Dixon R R M, Hipkins V D, Tobe S, Linacre A, Lowe A J
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Illegal logging is one of the largest illicit trades in the world, with high profits and generally low risks of detection and prosecution. Timber identification presents problems for law enforcement as traditionally used forensic methods such as wood anatomy and dendrochronology are often unable to confidently match wood evidence to the remains of illegally felled trees. Here we have developed and validated a set...
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