A novel forensic DNA profiling technique for protected species

S Ciavaglia; S Donnellan; S Tobe; J Henry; A Linacre

doi:10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.103

A novel forensic DNA profiling technique for protected species

S Ciavaglia, S Donnellan, S Tobe, J Henry, A Linacre

College of Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Geographic assignment of an unknown sample is a key aim in wildlife forensic science. In the course of examining 28 hypervariable STR loci for this purpose, a locus (MsF14) was observed that routinely exhibited variable amplification efficacy, appearing heritable in a Mendelian manner and reproducible. A correlation was seen between efficacy of amplification and geographic origin using 155 samples from across the species’ native range. We propose that this STR locus shows potential to assist in the geographical assignment of an unknown python sample.

Original language	English
Pages	e258-e260
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2015.09.103
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2015
Event	26th International Society for Forensic Genetics Congress - Krakow, Poland Duration: 31 Aug 2015 → 5 Sept 2015

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Conference	26th International Society for Forensic Genetics Congress
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Krakow
Period	31/08/15 → 5/09/15

Keywords

Geographic assignment
Pythons
Species identification
STRs
Wildlife forensic science

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