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taxonomic identification

Analyses to establish the classification of biological evidence to family, genus, species, etc. These analyses are based on class characters (e.g., morphological, genetic) that are diagnostic for the taxonomic level in question.

Committee
Wildlife Forensic Biology
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB 180 Standard for the Selection and Evaluation of GenBank® Results for Taxonomic Assignment of Wildlife . AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO , 2024. Source link
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