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DNA from Illegal Ivory Points to Poaching Hotspots in Africa (5 of 9)

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DNA from Illegal Ivory Points to Poaching Hotspots in Africa (5 of 9)

image: Elephant poachers poach more than just ivory. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 19, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.K. Wasser at University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and colleagues was titled, "Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa's major poaching hotspots." view more 

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