Publications by Laboratory Personnel

Information regarding the use of DNA fingerprinting for individual identification in wildlife cases
can be found in:

Guglich, Elizabeth, Wilson, Paul J., and White, Dr. Bradley N. 1993. Application of DNA fingerprinting to Enforcement of Hunting Regulations in Ontario. Journal of Forensic Sciences 38: 48-59.

Included in this article are case summaries highlighting the use of DNA fingerprinting in the prosecution of two cases involving the poaching of white-tailed deer and two cases involving the poaching of moose in Ontario.

Information regarding species identification of animal tissue through the use of species-specific
highly repetitive DNA markers is detailed in:

Guglich, Elizabeth, Wilson, Paul J., and White, Dr. Bradley N. 1994. Forensic Application of Repetitive DNA Markers to the Species Identification of Animal Tissues".
Journal of Forensic Sciences 39: 353-361.

Two case applications are presented in this article. One application involved the illegal sale of moose meat, while the other involved the illegal sale of white-tailed deer meat.

Information regarding gender identification on ungulates through the use of a sex determining
marker is detailed in:

Wilson, Paul J., and White, Dr. Bradley N. 1998. Sex Identification of Elk (Cervus elaphus Canadensis), Moose (Alces alces), and White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Using the Polymerase Chaine Reaction. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 477-482.

Included in this article is a case application involving the confirmation of gender as being consistent
with that of the validation tag from the hunter.

Information regarding gender identification on a variety of mammalian tissues through the
use of markers on the sex chromosomes is detailed in:

Shaw, Carla, N., Wilson, Paul, J. and White, Bradley, N. In review. A reliable method of gender determination for mammals. Journal of Mammology.
Included in this article is the amplification of numerous tissues from a variety of species including, beluga whales, right whales, wolves, coyotes, black bear, moose and deer for confirmation of gender.