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Comparing and combining distance-based and character-based approaches for barcoding turtles.
Molecular ecology resources - 1 Nov 2011
Reid B N, LE M, McCord W P, Iverson J B, Georges A, Bergmann T, Amato G, Desalle R, Naro-Maciel E
Abstract excerpt
Molecular barcoding can serve as a powerful tool in wildlife forensics and may prove to be a vital aid in conserving organisms that are threatened by illegal wildlife trade, such as turtles (Order Testudines). We produced cytochrome oxidase subunit one (COI) sequences (650 bp) for 174 turtle species and combined these with publicly available sequences for 50 species to produce a data set representative of the...
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