caa a22 4500 47578751X CHVBK 20180406123703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004140000134 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004140000134 Species identification by means of the cytochrome b gene [Elektronische Daten] [W. Parson, K. Pegoraro, H. Niederstätter, M. Föger, M. Steinlechner] Species identification was carried out by nucleotide sequence analysis of the cytochrome b (cytb) gene. The aim of the study was to identify biological specimens from diverse vertebrate animals by extracting and amplifying DNA from 44 different animal species covering the 5 major vertebrate groups (i.e. mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes). The sequences derived were used to identify the biological origin of the samples by aligning to cytb gene sequence entries in nucleotide databases using the program BLAST. All sequences were submitted to the GenBank including new species which were not observed in the databases. The applicability of this method to the forensic field is demonstrated by simulated casework conditions where different types of samples including problematic specimens such as hair, bone samples, bristles and feathers were investigated to identify the species. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Species identification nationallicence Mitochondrial nationallicence DNA nationallicence Cytochrome B gene nationallicence Sequence analysis nationallicence Forensic casework nationallicence Parson W. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Müllerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut Pegoraro K. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Müllerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut Niederstätter H. Institute of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut Föger M. Institute of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut Steinlechner M. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Müllerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140000134 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140000134 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parson W. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Müllerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pegoraro K. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Müllerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Niederstätter H. Institute of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Föger M. Institute of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Steinlechner M. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Müllerstrasse 44, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, AT aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer