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

• Main Authors: Thitaram C., Thongtip N., Somgird C., Colenbrander B., Van Boxtel D.C.J., Van Steenbeek F., Lenstra J.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50049092336&partnerID=40&md5=4470777c57c354b60952a921421e6020; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/7475
• 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...