Year: 1990
Type: article
Abstract: If the ivory trade is not to threaten the survival of the African elephant, effective methods of regulation are essential. A prerequisite for efficient control would include the ability to discriminate between tusks from legally and illegally exploited populations. The article reviews a pilot study to identify the parent population by using genetic markers obtained from DNA of tissue attached to the tusks. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA suggests that suggests that it would be possible to regulate the ivory trade using DNA markers.
Source: Pachyderm
Authors: Nicholas Georgiadis, John Patton, David Western
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2232145996