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Identification of Pharmaceutical Monkey Skeletons Samples based on 12S rRNA & Cyt b gene partial sequences
LIU Hui, WU Xiao-bing*
(Conservation and Utilization of Important Biological Resources of Anhui Key Laboratory, College of Life Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China)
Abstract: The Medical Supervise Bureau of Bozhou City sent us three animal samples (BZ01, BZ02 &BZ03) for identification, which were unknown dried monkey skeletons infused by medicine or spice. The DNA sequences alignment method was adopted for the identification in this study based on the mitochondrial 12S rRNA & Cyt b gene partial sequences. The results show that the sample BZ01 is Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) and the sample BZ02 & BZ03 are rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). Besides, it was pointed out when using the DNA sequences alignment method to identify related species, DNA sequence variations among different populations may influence the result to a certain extent.
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