Differenziazione tra struzzo ed emù mediante Polymerase Chain Reaction. Parte I: PCR su tessuto muscolare di Struthio camelus

Through Polymerase Chain Reaction a 522 bp fragment of the gene for the b cytochrome of the mitochondrial DNA of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) was amplified using a new primers pair, which would theoretically permit to identify the Ostrich and differentiate it from the Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), giving a different fragment depending on the species without the addition of other techniques such as, e.g., the fragment digestion by means of suitable restriction enzymes.