Fecha de publicación: 20/02/2019 Fuente: WIPO "apis cerana" The present invention comprises a method for distinguishing Apis mellifera and Apis cerana for DNA extracted from honey using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a primer set, and a diagnostic kit thereof. More specifically, the present invention comprises steps of performing PCR using the primer set recognizing cytochrome c oxidase genes of Apis mellifera and Apis cerana and electrophoresing amplified PCR products. COPYRIGHT KIPO 2019