DNA tests come to the aid of elephants
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airiefairieScientists have used DNA tests to track Africa’s worst elephant poaching spots
The key to saving elephants from poachers could be locked up in the animals' DNA, according to the results of a new study. By analyzing the DNA of tons of ivory seized by authorities, researchers were able to identify the sources of 28 large ivory shipments. And all but one of them came from one of just two areas in Africa. The results were reported in a paper published Thursday in Science.
The key to saving elephants from poachers could be locked up in the animals' DNA, according to the results of a new study. By analyzing the DNA of tons of ivory seized by authorities, researchers were able to identify the sources of 28 large ivory shipments. And all but one of them came from one of just two areas in Africa. The results were reported in a paper published Thursday in Science.
