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DNA May Help ID Great White Sharks

The Ledger (Florida):

Scientists are developing DNA technology to distinguish great white sharks from other sharks, working to save one of the ocean's top predators. The research is being conducted by scientists from Nova Southeastern University's Guy Harvey Research Institute in Dania Beach and the Wildlife Conservation Society. The breakthrough could help protect the great white from smugglers.

"With this tool, we'll be able to identify any part of a white shark and say, `This is a white shark: You lied to us by smuggling it in under a different name,' " said Ramon Bonfil, a Wildlife Conservation Society scientist.