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Pet fur or fake fur? A forensic approach.

Elena PilliRosario CasamassimaStefania VaiAntonino VirgiliFilippo BarniGiancarlo D'ErricoAndrea BertiGiampietro LagoDavid Caramelli
Published in: Investigative genetics (2014)
Macroscopic and microscopic analysis confirmed the hypothesis regarding the analyzed hair belonging to real animals, although it failed to prove with any kind of certainty which actual family it came from, therefore, the species remains unknown. Sequence data analysis and comparisons with the samples available in GenBank showed that the hair, in most cases, belonged to the Canidae family, and in one case only to Felidae.
Keyphrases
  • data analysis
  • computed tomography
  • positron emission tomography
  • pet ct
  • pet imaging
  • genetic diversity