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Assembling DNA barcodes. Analytical protocols.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2008
deWaard Jeremy R, Ivanova Natalia V, Hajibabaei Mehrdad, Hebert Paul D N
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The Barcode of Life initiative represents an ambitious effort to develop an identification system for eukaryotic life based on the analysis of sequence diversity in short, standardized gene regions. Work is furthest advanced for members of the animal kingdom. In this case, a target gene region has been selected (cytochrome c oxidase I) and pilot studies have validated its effectiveness in species discovery and...
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