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Barcoding bugs: DNA-based identification of the true bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera).
PloS one - 15 Apr 2011
Park Doo-Sang, Foottit Robert, Maw Eric, Hebert Paul D N
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BACKGROUND: DNA barcoding, the analysis of sequence variation in the 5' region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene, has been shown to provide an efficient method for the identification of species in a wide range of animal taxa. In order to assess the effectiveness of barcodes in the discrimination of Heteroptera, we examined 344 species belonging to 178 genera, drawn from specimens in the...
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