Despite very strict wildlife protection acts in several countries and trading laws such as CITES, illegal trading and poaching of wildlife is still active mostly because of the use of their parts in Chinese medicinal products and ornaments. For successfully identifying wildlife and their parts, mitochondrial DNA sequencing is being used now-a-days. DNA bar coding using fragments of cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase I genes are frequently utilized for mammalian species identification. This mini review describes some of the mtDNA sequences and STR markers used for mammalian species identification in the field of forensic wildlife along with the problems associated and their possible solutions.

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Amelogenin is the well-liked process for sex typing in recent days. Exceptional failures to amplify AMELY accurate products can cause erroneous gender identification consequence male samples mistakenly identified as females. A total of 9 null AMELY males were noticed in 200 males of 72 Nepalese surnames by means of 4.5% frequency. No amplification of DYS458 Marker in all null AMELY males but great sharing of amplified Y STR alleles among them is a probable sign of the general phylogenetic origin. Key words: Forensic; Gender determination; Amelogenin; Null AMELY; Y-STR haplotypes etc. DOI: 10.3126/sw.v8i8.3858 Scientific World Vol.8(8) 2010 pp.97-101

Scientific World, Vol. 11, No. 11, July 2013, page 74-76 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/sw.v11i11.8556