Forensic science, genetics and wildlife biology: getting the right mix for a wildlife DNA forensics lab

• Published in: Forensic science, medicine, and pathology Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 172 - 179
• Main Author: Ogden, Rob
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.09.2010; Springer
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild; Budgets; Commerce - legislation & jurisprudence; Conservation of Natural Resources - legislation & jurisprudence; Cooperative Behavior; Crime - legislation & jurisprudence; Criminology and Criminal Justice; DNA; DNA Fingerprinting; Financing, Organized; Forensic Medicine; Forensic Sciences - manpower; Forensic Sciences - organization & administration; Genetic research; Genetics; Humans; International Cooperation; Laboratories - economics; Laboratories - organization & administration; Medical Laboratory Personnel; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Models, Organizational; Original Paper; Pathology; Private Sector; Public Sector; Quality Control; Universities; Wildlife; Wildlife DNA; Validation; Illegal trade; Forensic identification; Laboratory

Wildlife DNA forensics is receiving increasing coverage in the popular press and has begun to appear in the scientific literature in relation to several different fields. Recognized as an applied subject, it rests on top of very diverse scientific pillars ranging from biochemistry through to evoluti...