According to Professor Sam Wasser, director of the University of Washington's Centre for Conservation Biology, where the DNA elephant map was developed, scientists are able to pinpoint the area of Africa where smugglers are slaughtering elephants to feed the worldwide illegal ivory trade. Ivory is now traded globally in the same illegal manner as drugs and weapons. Hats of to Professor Sam and his team!
Useful links:
http://conservationbiology.net
http://depts.washington.edu/conserv/Introduction.html
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