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The principal material of inheritance. It is found in chromosomes and consists of molecules that are long unbranched chains made up of many nucleotides. Each nucleotide is a combination of phosphoric acid, the monosaccharide deoxyribose and one of four nitrogenous bases: thymine, cytosine, adenine or guanine. The number of possible arrangements of nucleotides along the DNA chain is immense. Usually two DNA strands are linked together in parallel by specific base-pairing and are helically coiled. Replication of DNA molecules is accomplished by separation of the two strands, followed by the building up of matching strands by means of base-pairing, using the two halves as templates. By a mechanism involving RNA, the structure of DNA is translated into the structure of proteins during their synthesis from amino acids. (Source: ALL)

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Lamb T, Meeker AM, Bauer AM, Branch WR 2003. On the systematic status of the desert plated lizard (Angolosaurus skoogi): phylogenetic inference from DNA sequence analysis of the African Gerrhosauridae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78 253-261

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Lamb T, Bauer AM 2001. Mitochondrial phylogeny of Namib Day Geckos ( Rhoptropus ) based on cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences. Copeia 273 (3) 775-780

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Ishida Y, Van Coeverden de Groot PJ, Leggett KEA, Putnam AS, Fox VE, Lai J, Boag PT, Georgiadis NJ, Roca AL 2016. Genetic connectivity across marginal habitats: the elephants of the Namib Desert. Ecology and Evolution 6 (17) 6189-6201

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Woolston C 2016. DNA reveals four giraffe species - Finding could guide efforts to conserve the iconic animals. Nature 537 290-291

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DNA reveals that giraffes are four species_not one_2016.pdf	492.05 KB

Matthee CA, Flemming AF 2002. Population fragmentation in the southern rock agama, Agama atra: more evidence for vicariance in southern Africa. Molecular Ecology 11 465-471

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Population fragmentation in the southern rock agama_2002.pdf	429.31 KB

Skelton PH 2016. Name changes and additions to the southern African freshwater fish fauna. African Journal of Aquatic Sciences DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2016.1186004

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PHS_Name changes.pdf	538.3 KB

Prendini L, Weygold P, Wheeler WC 2005. Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 5 (3) 203-236

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609205000425

Cook WE 1997. Vultures. Avian Desert Predators 15-30

Website link:http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-60353-2_2

Charif RA, Ramey RR, Langbauer WR, Payne KB, Martin RB, Brown LM 2005. Spatial relationships and matrilineal kinship in African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) clans. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57 (4) 327-338

Website link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00265-004-0867-5

Wilson MA, Duncan RM, Nordholm GE, Berlowski BM 1995. Serotypes and DNA fingerprint profiles of Pasteurella multocida isolated from raptors. Avian Diseases 39 (1) 94 - 99

Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1591987

Wagner M, Mayr B 1995. Conduction of paternity testing in 3 endangered bird species by means of nonradioactive DNA-fingerprinting. Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift 82 (5) 152 - 156

Website link:https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/505384ece4b097cd4fce1580

Bruyns PV, Hanacek P, Klak C 2019. Crassula, insights into an old, arid-adapted group of southern African leaf-succulents. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (131) 35-47

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.045

Winter S, Fennessy J, Fennessy S, Janke A 2018. Matrilineal population structure and distribution of the Angolan giraffe in the Namib desert and beyond. Ecological Genetics and Genomics (7-8) 1-5

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egg.2018.03.003

Brown CE, Veldkornet DA, Boatwright JS, Engelbrecht A, Rajkaran A 2019. The phylogeography and genetic diversity of the salt marsh species Salicornia tegetaria (S.Steffen, L.Mucina and G.Kadereit) Piirainen and G.Kadereit, endemic to South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique. South African Journal of Botany (123) 270-277

Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2019.03.007

Carl R 2016. Desert elephants pass on knowledge - not mutations - to survive. Despite reported differences in appearance and behavior, DNA evidence finds that Namibian desert elephants share the same DNA as African savanna elephants. However, Namibian desert-dwelling elephants should be protected so they can continue to pass on their unique knowledge and survival skills to future generations.

Website link:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160803161607.htm

Edwards S, Branch WR, Vanhooydonck B, Herrel A, Measey GJ, Tolley KA 2013. Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Zootaxa (3669) 101–114

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Matthee CA, Fourie F, Oosthuizen WH, Meÿer MA, Tolley KA 2005. Mitochondrial DNA sequence data of the Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) suggest that population numbers may be affected by climatic shifts. Marine Biology 148 899-905

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Uphyrkina O, Johnson WE, Quigley H, Miquelle D, Marker L, Bush M, O'Brien SJ 2001. Phylogenetics, genome diversity and origin of modern leopard, Panthera pardus. Molecular Ecology 10 2617–2633

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Phylogenetics_genome diversity and origin of modern leopard_Panthera pardus.pdf	628.33 KB

Nakale A 2022. Cops turn to DNA analysis in wildlife crimes.

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NAM_2022_06_Cops turn to DNA analysis in wildlife crimes_New Era.pdf	446.49 KB

Weyrich A, Guerrero-Altamirano TP, Yasar S, Czirjak GA, Wachter B, Fickel J 2022. First steps towards the development of epigenetic biomarkers in female cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Life 12

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First steps towards the development of epigenetic biomarkers in female cheetahs.pdf	344.3 KB

Dance A 2023. A look inside wildlife crime scene investigators.

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INT_2023_10_ A Look Inside Wildlife Crime Scene Investigators _ Science Smithsonian Magazine.pdf	648.89 KB

Carnie T 2025. South Africa: Vietnam chided over poached rhino horn 'Secrecy' by global wildlife trade regulator.

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SA_2025_01_South Africa_Vietnam chided over poached rhino horn Secrecy by global wildlife trade regulator_AllAfrica_com.pdf	80.69 KB

Austaller S 2001. The use of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) for the study of genetic diversity in Cajanus cajan. Agricola 12 10 - 14

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The use of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA for the study of genetic diversity in Cajanus cajan.pdf	1.76 MB

Korpimäki E, Lahti K, May CA, Parkin DT, Powell GB, Tolonen P, Wetton JH 1996. Copulatory-behavior and paternity determined by DNA-fingerprinting in kestrels - effects of cyclic food abundance. Animal Behaviour 51 945 – 955

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Copulatory_behavior and paternity determined by DNA_fingerprinting in kestrels.pdf	200.87 KB

Pedersen C-ET, Albrechtsen A, Etter PD, Johnson EA, Orlando L, Chikhi L, Siegismund HR, Heller R 2018. A southern African origin and cryptic structure in the highly mobile plains zebra. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2018

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Pedersen et al 2018 A southern African origin and cryptic structure in the highly mobile plains zebra_Online Early.pdf	2.34 MB

Hess A, Channing A, Hendriks D 1995. Genetic variation between two subspecies of reedfrogs in the genus Hyperolius (Anura: Hyperoliidae). Madoqua 19 (1) 33-36

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Genetic variation between two subspecies of reedfrogs in the genus Hyperolius.pdf	340.17 KB

Osteroff DR 1969. Haemoglobin, Transferrin and Abumin types in equidae (horses, mules, donkeys and zebras). Madoqua 1 (1) 53-56

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Haemoglobin_Transferrin and Abumin types in equidae.pdf	306.23 KB