{"id":3627,"date":"2019-04-12T16:37:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2019-04-12T16:37:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:05","slug":"a-genetic-method-to-empower-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-genetic-method-to-empower-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"A genetic method to empower conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Researchers at Stanford and the National Centre for Biological Sciences at India\u2019s Tata Institute of Fundamental Research have developed a method for extracting genetic clues from degraded and left-behind materials, such as feces, skin or saliva, and from food products suspected of containing endangered animals. The study has been published in the international journal\u00a0<em>Methods in Ecology and Evolution.<\/em><\/li><li>The new method depends on identifying multiple, short portions of DNA segments in a single experiment. This is followed by \u2018next-generation sequencing\u2019, in which multiple fragments of DNA can be decoded simultaneously, and several times, in an automated process.<\/li><li>The researchers had tested their method on wild tigers in India (Listed as Endangered in IUCN Red List) and overfished Caribbean queen conchs, an edible sea snail.<\/li><li>According to the researchers, the new genetic method is quicker, easier and cost-effective. The method has potential uses in animal monitoring and can also be used to obtain intelligence on wildlife trade.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Stanford and the National Centre for Biological Sciences at India\u2019s Tata Institute of Fundamental Research have developed a method for extracting genetic clues from degraded and left-behind materials, such as feces, skin or saliva, and from food products suspected of containing endangered animals. The study has been published in the international journal\u00a0Methods in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-genetic-method-to-empower-conservation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A genetic method to empower conservation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4309],"class_list":["post-3627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-wildlife-conservation","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704714245},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}