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Validation studies on dinucleotide STRs for forensic identification of black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis

Published:October 24, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2016.10.016
Validation studies on dinucleotide STRs for forensic identification of black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis
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      Rhinoceros populations are, for the second time in 50 years, undergoing a poaching crisis driven by the illegal trade in rhinoceros horn for use in traditional Asian medicine [

      T. Milliken J. Shaw, The South Africa—Viet Nam Rhino Horn Trade Nexus: A deadly combination of institutional lapses, corrupt wildlife industry professionals and Asian crime syndicates, TRAFFIC, Johannesburg, South Africa (2012).

      ]. By 2013, on average three rhinoceros were illegally killed per day in South Africa [

      T. Milliken, Illegal Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn: an Assessment Report to Improve Law Enforcement Under the Wildlife TRAPS Project, TRAFFIC, Cambridge, UK, https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1865/W-TRAPS-Elephant-Rhino-report.pdf (accessed 08.07.16) (2014).

      ]. Furthermore, horns have entered the illegal trade from other sources, including thefts from museums, private collections and government stockpiles [

      T. Milliken J. Shaw, The South Africa—Viet Nam Rhino Horn Trade Nexus: A deadly combination of institutional lapses, corrupt wildlife industry professionals and Asian crime syndicates, TRAFFIC, Johannesburg, South Africa (2012).

      ,

      R.H. Emslie, T. Milliken, B. Talukdar, African and Asian Rhinoceroses—Status, Conservation and Trade, CoP16 Doc. 54.2 (Rev. 1) Annex 2, CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland (2012).

      ]. The application of DNA techniques to assist law enforcement by tracing horn recovered in illegal trade is crucial [
      • Harper C.K.
      • Vermeulen G.J.
      • Clarke A.B.
      • De Wet J.I.
      • Guthrie A.J.
      Extraction of nuclear DNA from rhinoceros horn and characterization of DNA profiling systems for white (Ceratotherium simum) and black (Diceros bicornis) rhinoceros.
      Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. 2013; 7: 428-433https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.04.003
      ], and yet the forensic validation of STR markers in endangered species is problematic for many reasons.

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      Published online: October 24, 2016
      Received: August 19, 2016

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