Page 42 - Veritas Vol 3, Issue 2

37

The sequence lengths of the confiscated material for both genes were 287
bp (Cyt b) and 360 bp (12S rRNA).

The suspected material was compared with STL, but the similarity was
just 79%, which was only for cytochrome b, and no further data was

available for the 12S rRNA gene sequence in the database. But on the
contrary, there was a 99% similarity of the suspected material’s

generated sequences with Common Quail (Coturnix).
The results from these databases indicated that the suspected material

was a Common Quail and not the STL.

FURTHER PROCEEDINGS AND IMPORTANCE OF MOLECULAR

DIAGNOSTICS :

Since the genetic analysis proved that the suspected material was not STL,

the statement of the suspect was found to be true, and the allegations against
him proved to be wrong.

Thus, the molecular diagnostics tool in species identification helped law

enforcement officials withdraw the charges of illegal poaching against the
suspect.

REFERENCES :

1. Avijit Ghosh, Shambadeb Basu, Gul Jabin, Hiren Khatri, Sujeet K.

Singh, Gopinathan Maheswaran, Kailash Chandra, Mukesh Thakur
Year – 2019

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910719300118

VERITAS VOLUME: 3, ISSUE: 2 WRITER: SRI INEYA K