Use of DNA Barcoding to Control the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A CITES Case Report from Pakistan
Illegal wildlife trade is a great threat to the conservation efforts made worldwide to save wildlife species and their parts. Use of molecular methods, including DNA barcoding, is gaining acceptance to detect cross-border movement of endangered species. Here we report the utility of DNA barcoding in...
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| author | Attika Rehman Sana Jafar Naeem Ashraf Raja Javed Mahar |
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| description | Illegal wildlife trade is a great threat to the conservation efforts made worldwide to save wildlife species and their parts. Use of molecular methods, including DNA barcoding, is gaining acceptance to detect cross-border movement of endangered species. Here we report the utility of DNA barcoding in the detection of smuggling of an endangered turtle species from Pakistan. The
consignment labeled as “fish meat” was intercepted at a Pakistani port and was tested for its source using DNA Barcoding with fish-specific primers. Sequences from the samples from this consignment matched (99%) with those from Lissemys punctata (Indian flap-shelled turtle), a species listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This report highlights the problem of smuggling protected species under false pretenses and the importance of DNA barcoding in stopping such illegal trade. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9db989c59d2c415b90f09250c00f17ff2022-12-22T01:57:20ZengWright State UniversityJournal of Bioresource Management2309-38542309-38542015-06-0122192210.35691/JBM.5102.0017Use of DNA Barcoding to Control the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A CITES Case Report from PakistanAttika Rehman0Sana Jafar1Naeem Ashraf Raja2Javed Mahar3Bioresource Research Centre, Islamabad, PakistanBioresource Research Centre, Islamabad, PakistanDirectorate of Biodiversity, Ministry of Climate Change, PakistanSindh Wildlife Department, Karachi Sindh, PakistanIllegal wildlife trade is a great threat to the conservation efforts made worldwide to save wildlife species and their parts. Use of molecular methods, including DNA barcoding, is gaining acceptance to detect cross-border movement of endangered species. Here we report the utility of DNA barcoding in the detection of smuggling of an endangered turtle species from Pakistan. The consignment labeled as “fish meat” was intercepted at a Pakistani port and was tested for its source using DNA Barcoding with fish-specific primers. Sequences from the samples from this consignment matched (99%) with those from Lissemys punctata (Indian flap-shelled turtle), a species listed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). This report highlights the problem of smuggling protected species under false pretenses and the importance of DNA barcoding in stopping such illegal trade.molecular taxonomyfreshwater turtlelissemys punctatacites |
| spellingShingle | Attika Rehman Sana Jafar Naeem Ashraf Raja Javed Mahar Use of DNA Barcoding to Control the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A CITES Case Report from Pakistan Journal of Bioresource Management molecular taxonomy freshwater turtle lissemys punctata cites |
| title | Use of DNA Barcoding to Control the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A CITES Case Report from Pakistan |
| title_full | Use of DNA Barcoding to Control the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A CITES Case Report from Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Use of DNA Barcoding to Control the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A CITES Case Report from Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of DNA Barcoding to Control the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A CITES Case Report from Pakistan |
| title_short | Use of DNA Barcoding to Control the Illegal Wildlife Trade: A CITES Case Report from Pakistan |
| title_sort | use of dna barcoding to control the illegal wildlife trade a cites case report from pakistan |
| topic | molecular taxonomy freshwater turtle lissemys punctata cites |
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