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Multiple multilocus DNA barcodes from the plastid genome discriminate plant species equally well.
PloS one - 30 Jul 2008
Fazekas Aron J, Burgess Kevin S, Kesanakurti Prasad R, Graham Sean W, Newmaster Steven G, Husband Brian C, Percy Diana M, Hajibabaei Mehrdad, Barrett Spencer C H
Abstract excerpt
A universal barcode system for land plants would be a valuable resource, with potential utility in fields as diverse as ecology, floristics, law enforcement and industry. However, the application of plant barcoding has been constrained by a lack of consensus regarding the most variable and technically practical DNA region(s). We compared eight candidate plant barcoding regions from the plastome and one from the...
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