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Identification of Birds through DNA Barcodes.
PLoS biology - 1 Oct 2004
Hebert Paul D N, Stoeckle Mark Y, Zemlak Tyler S, Francis Charles M
Abstract excerpt
Short DNA sequences from a standardized region of the genome provide a DNA barcode for identifying species. Compiling a public library of DNA barcodes linked to named specimens could provide a new master key for identifying species, one whose power will rise with increased taxon coverage and with faster, cheaper sequencing. Recent work suggests that sequence diversity in a 648-bp region of the mitochondrial gene,...
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