Laboratorio di Genetica, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Via Cà Fornacetta 9, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bo, Italy.
Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2014 Jan;8(1):200-2. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.10.001. Epub 2013 Oct 12.
A paternity test was used to investigate a robbery case involving captive individuals of Greek tortoise (Testudo graeca). Six tortoises were allegedly stolen from a private breeder and offered for sale on the web by the supposed thief. The stolen tortoises were confiscated by the rangers of the State Forestry Corps (CFS). A panel of 14 autosomal microsatellite loci was used to genotype the seized tortoises and ten individuals assumed to be legally owned by the breeder. Kinship analyses reliably reconstructed the tortoise pedigree, demonstrating parent-offspring relationships among the owned and the stolen tortoises. As correctly declared by the breeder, four of the six stolen individuals belonged to the same family group of the ten legally owned tortoises. Results indicate that genetic identification procedures can provide valuable evidence and give useful support against illegal wildlife traffic.
采用亲子鉴定来调查一起涉及被囚禁希腊陆龟（Testudo graeca）个体的抢劫案。据称，有六只陆龟从私人饲养员那里被盗，并由所谓的小偷在网上出售。被盗陆龟被国家森林部队（CFS）的护林员没收。使用 14 个常染色体微卫星基因座对扣押的陆龟和十个饲养员合法拥有的个体进行基因分型。亲缘关系分析可靠地重建了龟类的血统，证明了被盗和合法拥有的龟类之间存在亲子关系。正如饲养员正确声明的那样，六个被盗个体中的四个属于十个合法拥有的陆龟的同一家族群体。结果表明，遗传鉴定程序可以为打击非法野生动物贸易提供有价值的证据和有用的支持。
