Preliminary data on the usefulness of internal transcribed spacer I (ITS1) sequence in Cannabis sativa L. identification.
A method is described to identify an unknown sample of plant material of forensic interest as Cannabis sativa L. The method consists in comparing the sequence of the nuclear ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer I (ITS1) of the unknown sample with a Cannabis sequence. Our preliminary results show that the ITS1 is an ideal molecule for the identification of a sample suspected to be marijuana.
Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy. Siniscal@unina.it
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D001483:Base Sequence; D002188:Cannabis / Q000737:chemistry*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D018744:DNA, Plant