The invention belongs to the technical field of
molecular biology, and particularly relates to a
multiplex PCR primer combination for identifying species of
pangolin and application of the
multiplex PCR primer combination. Three pairs of
specific primers are designed aiming at species specific conserved regions in three kinds of
pangolin mitochondrial genes and respectively target COI genes of Chinese
pangolin, pangolin males and pangolin south African. By utilizing the primer group, synchronous identification of three pangolin species can be realized in the same PCR
reaction system, and
visual interpretation is performed through
agarose gel electrophoresis according to the size of an amplified fragment. The detection method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of rapidness, accuracy, strong specificity, simplicity and convenience in operation and the like, is suitable for
species identification of squama
manis scales, tissues, blood and products thereof, and provides an efficient and reliable technical means for illegal trade
traceability and species protection monitoring and identification of the squama
manis.