Forensic validation of a panel of 12 SNPs for identification of Mongolian wolf and dog.

ABSTRACT: Wolf (Canis lupus) is a species included in appendices of CITES and is often encountered in cases of alleged poaching and trafficking of their products. When such crimes are suspected, those involved may attempt to evade legal action by claiming that the animals involved are domestic dogs (C. l. familiaris). To respond effectively to such claims, law enforcement agencies require reliable and robust methods to distinguish wolves from dogs. Reported molecular genetic methods are either unreliable (mitogenome sequence based), or operationally cumbersome and require much DNA (un-multiplexed microsatellites), or financially expensive (genome wide SNP genotyping). We report on the validation of a panel of 12 ancestral informative single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for discriminating wo

SUBMITTER: Jiang HH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413520 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature