@article{fdi:010074438,
  title = {{M}olecular tracing of confiscated pangolin scales for conservation and illegal trade monitoring in {S}outheast {A}sia},
  author = {{Z}hang, {H}. {R}. and {M}iller, {M}. {P}. and {Y}ang, {F}. and {C}han, {H}. {K}. and {G}aubert, {P}hilippe and {A}des, {G}. and {F}ischer, {G}. {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}espite being protected by both international and national regulations, pangolins are threatened by illegal trade. {H}ere we report mitochondrial {DNA} identification and haplotype richness estimation, using 239 pangolin scale samples from two confiscations in {H}ong {K}ong. {W}e found a total of 13 genetically distinct cytochrome c oxidase {I} ({COI}) haplotypes in two confiscations (13 and ten haplotypes respectively, with ten shared haplotypes between confiscations). {T}hese haplotypes clustered in two distinct clades with one clade representing the {S}unda pangolin ({M}anis javanica). {T}he other clade did not match with any known {A}sian pangolin sequences, and likely represented a cryptic pangolin lineage in {A}sia. {B}y fitting sample coverage and rarefaction/regression models to our sample data, we predicted that the total number of {COI} haplotypes in two confiscations were 14.86 and 11.06 respectively, suggesting that our sampling caught the majority of haplotypes and that we had adequately characterized each confiscation. {W}e detected substantial sequence divergence among the seized scales, likely evidencing that the {S}unda pangolins were harvested over wide geographical areas across {S}outheast {A}sia. {O}ur study illustrates the value of applying {DNA} forensics for illegal wildlife trade monitoring.},
  keywords = {{W}ildlife trade ; {DNA} forensics ; {P}angolin scales ; {P}angolin confiscation ; {H}aplotype richness ; {S}outheast {A}sia ; {ASIE} {DU} {SUD} {EST}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}lobal {E}cology and {C}onservation},
  volume = {4},
  numero = {},
  pages = {414--422},
  ISSN = {2351-9894},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.gecco.2015.08.002},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074438},
}