Patent ID: 7816078

Claim:
A method for genetic identification of biological species using a sample of biological material derived from a single species or from a heterogeneous mixture of species and/or subspecies, characterised in that it comprises: (a) DNA extraction from the sample; (b) amplification of a region of the DNA of the sample, said region corresponding to the region between positions 1130 and 1473 of the human cytoplasmic beta-actin gene, said position numbers being relative to SEQ ID NO:9, wherein (to be changed) primers hybridize to conserved sequences between positions 1130 and 1473 of SEQ ID NO:9; (c) analysis of the amplified region to determine the size in base-pairs and/or the precise DNA sequence thereof; and (d) taxonomic identification of the biological species or subspecies from which the sample was derived by comparison of the size and/or DNA sequence of said amplified region with a database containing pre-established sizes and/or DNA sequences of the corresponding region of the cytoplasmic beta-actin gene of a plurality of species and/or subspecies.