Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology Vol 6, issue 3, September 2010

Combating wildlife crime......Page 1
References......Page 2
Introduction......Page 3
Statistical analysis......Page 4
Case study 2: attack on family pet......Page 5
Case study 2: attack on family pet......Page 6
Discussion......Page 7
References......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
PCR amplification......Page 11
Results and discussion......Page 13
Key points......Page 14
References......Page 15
Introduction......Page 17
Previous microscopic studies......Page 18
Results......Page 19
Giraffe vs. elephant......Page 20
Conclusions......Page 21
References......Page 22
Introduction......Page 24
Models for laboratory services......Page 25
Comparative laboratory systems......Page 26
Multi-use research laboratory......Page 27
Establishing a single national facility......Page 28
A network of independent national laboratories......Page 29
A central regional laboratory with national satellite laboratories......Page 30
References......Page 31
International wildlife trade and forensic genetics......Page 32
Species identification methods......Page 33
Identification of a forensic specimen to its geographic origin......Page 38
Method validation......Page 40
Future directions of genetic markers in wildlife forensics......Page 41
References......Page 42
Introduction......Page 47
DNA v amino acid sequence conservation......Page 49
Single nucleotide polymorphisms......Page 51
Examples of SNP testing......Page 53
References......Page 54
Introduction......Page 59
Case 2......Page 60
Discussion......Page 61
References......Page 62
Introduction......Page 63
Methods......Page 64
Case 2......Page 65
Discussion......Page 66
References......Page 67
Introduction......Page 69
Case 2......Page 70
Discussion......Page 71
References......Page 72
Wildlife crime: a global problem......Page 73
References......Page 74
INTERPOL’s wildlife crime working group meeting......Page 75
Introduction......Page 77
Samples and source material for degraded-source DNA analysis......Page 78
Primer design......Page 79
New ‘degraded’ DNA primer trials......Page 81
Discussion......Page 82
References......Page 83
Introduction......Page 85
Polymerase chain reaction and sequencing......Page 87
Results......Page 88
Discussion......Page 89
References......Page 92
Lethal consequences of ingested foreign material in seabirds......Page 94
References......Page 95
Adrian Linacre (ed): Forensic science in wildlife investigations......Page 96
John E. Cooper and Margaret E. Cooper: Introduction to veterinary and comparative forensic medicine......Page 97