Rhino DNA database helps officials nab poachers and traffickers

Mongabay
Jan 8, 2018, 1:00 pm112 pts
Authorities protecting rhinos in Africa now have a tool to help them catch poachers based on fine-scale differences in the DNA of different individuals. In fact, the Rhino DNA Index System, or RhODIS for short, has already been used in nine cases to help convict people involved in the illicit rhino horn trade…

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