DNA fingerprinting of timber helps track illegal logging
The application of DNA to timber tracking is another milestone in the valuable use of DNA in tackling crime.
recently featured an article on this technology that is generating significant interest in the timber industry. The DNA testing technology is developed by researchers from the at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, and a company in Singapore. It is being applied to help identify illegal logging.
The technology assesses whether or not a wood product is derived from a sustainable plantation or, illegally, from a protected area. We have the potential with this to trace and match timber samples to the area the wood came from. This could be done from sources as diverse as furniture to timber decking and more, by extracting a DNA fingerprint from a timber product.
Professor , director of the at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide says "The advancement of genetics technologies means that large-scale screening of wood-DNA can be done cheaply, routinely, quickly and with a statistical certainty that can be used in a court of law - certification documents can be falsified, but DNA cannot".
recently featured an article on this technology that is generating significant interest in the timber industry. The DNA testing technology is developed by researchers from the at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, and a company in Singapore. It is being applied to help identify illegal logging.
The technology assesses whether or not a wood product is derived from a sustainable plantation or, illegally, from a protected area. We have the potential with this to trace and match timber samples to the area the wood came from. This could be done from sources as diverse as furniture to timber decking and more, by extracting a DNA fingerprint from a timber product.Professor , director of the at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide says "The advancement of genetics technologies means that large-scale screening of wood-DNA can be done cheaply, routinely, quickly and with a statistical certainty that can be used in a court of law - certification documents can be falsified, but DNA cannot".
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