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Breaking the chains: Dismantling the illegal parrot trade - EurekAlert
<p>DNA databases are often used by police to place criminals at the scene of a crime, but scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) in collaboration with King’s Forensics in the UK are using cutting edge, low-cost genomic sequencing technology to save trafficked parrots caught in the illegal wildlife trade. </p> <p>Chief Investigator Dr George Olah said the forensic genomic toolkit is similar to INTERPOL’s I-Familia database used to identify people based on international DNA kinship matching. </p>
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