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Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa’s major poaching hotspots

Poaching of elephants is now occurring at rates that threaten African populations with extinction. Identifying the number and location of Africa’s major poaching hotspots may assist efforts to end poaching and facilitate recovery of elephant populations. We genetically assign origin to 28 large ivor...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Wasser, S. K., Brown, L., Mailand, C., Mondol, S., Clark, W., Laurie, C., Weir, B. S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5535781/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26089357
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa2457
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