Scientists identify 'DNA barcodes' to help track illegal trading of wildlife products

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 11:21 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from several institutions including the University of Colorado at Boulder have sequenced DNA "barcodes" for as many as 25 hunted wildlife species, providing information that can be used to better monitor the elusive trade of wildlife products, or bushmeat.

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