‘ForCyt’ DNA database of wildlife species

N Ahlers; J. Creecy; G Frankham; R. N. Johnson; A Kotze; A Linacre; R. McEwing; M Mwale; J. J. Rovie-Ryan; F. Witam; L M I Webster

doi:10.1016/j.fsigss.2017.09.195

‘ForCyt’ DNA database of wildlife species

N Ahlers, J. Creecy, G Frankham, R. N. Johnson, A Kotze, A Linacre, R. McEwing, M Mwale, J. J. Rovie-Ryan, F. Witam, L M I Webster

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Abstract

Wildlife crime continues unabated contributing to the extinction or near extinction of many plant and animal species. Species identification is a key tool in the enforcement of national legislation. If no morphology exists, comparison of DNA sequences generated from a mitochondrial gene are compared to those on a reference database, commonly GenBank. Sequences up-loaded to GenBank are unregulated and can lead to uncertainty with the adequacy of this DNA sequence repository for identification in a forensic context. We propose the establishment of ForCyt as a fully-regulated database of species that are commonly encountered in forensic investigations. The establishment of ForCyt will allow confidence in future species identification; something that is an absolute requirement to ensure high quality forensic science.

Original language	English
Pages	e466-e468
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigss.2017.09.195
Publication status	Published - Dec 2017
Event	27th International Society for Forensic Genetics - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 28 Aug 2017 → 1 Sept 2017

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Conference	27th International Society for Forensic Genetics
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	28/08/17 → 1/09/17

Keywords

Illegal wildlife trade
Mitochondrial DNA
Quality control
Species identification
Standardised reference database
Wildlife crime
Wildlife forensics

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‘ForCyt’ DNA database of wildlife species

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