Evaluation and selection of microsatellite markers for an identification and parentage test of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

• Main Authors: Chatchote Thitaram, Nikorn Thongtip, Chaleamchart Somgird, Ben Colenbrander, Dick C.J. Van Boxtel, Frank Van Steenbeek, Johannes A. Lenstra
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=50049092336&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60062
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Numbers of the Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) population are declining due to poaching, human-elephant conflicts, capture of wild calves for tourism and export and habitat destruction, which also may cause inbreeding in fragmented populations. In order to contribute to a reversal of this trend, w...