Determining species identity from confiscated pangolin remains using DNA barcoding
| Autor: | Jonas P. Quilang, Adrian U. Luczon, Ian Kendrich C. Fontanilla, Perry S. Ong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Manis culionensis Wildlife Biodiversity 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences DNA barcoding 03 medical and health sciences Genetics wildlife forensics Pangolins illegal wildlife trade Molecular Biology biology Ecology Pangolin Poaching biology.organism_classification Mito Communications Wildlife trade Fishery 030104 developmental biology Identification (biology) Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources article-version (VoR) Version of Record |
| ISSN: | 2380-2359 |
| Popis: | Illegal wildlife trade is one of the key threats to biodiversity. A requisite in combating illegal wildlife trade is through effective and efficient identification of confiscated wildlife or wildlife remains. This can be done through DNA barcoding. In this study, DNA barcoding was employed on several cases of poaching in the Philippines involving 85 unidentified pangolin remains. Of these, 73 specimens confiscated from Palawan were identified as the Palawan endemic Manis culionensis, but no deep divergences were observed, suggesting that the samples originated from a single locality. The other 12 individuals, which were part of a large haul of pangolin carcasses recovered from a foreign fishing vessel that ran aground in Tubattaha Reefs, Philippines, were identified as the Malayan Pangolin, M. javanica. They split into two groups with 3.3% mean genetic distance, suggesting at least two geographic origins. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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