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DNA Barcoding of the Endangered Aquilaria (Thymelaeaceae) and Its Application in Species Authentication of Agarwood Products Traded in the Market.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Lee Shiou Yih, Ng Wei Lun, Mahat Mohd Noor, Nazre Mohd, Mohamed Rozi
Abstract excerpt
The identification of Aquilaria species from their resinous non-wood product, the agarwood, is challenging as conventional techniques alone are unable to ascertain the species origin. Aquilaria is a highly protected species due to the excessive exploitation of its precious agarwood. Here, we applied the DNA barcoding technique to generate barcode sequences for Aquilaria species and later applied the barcodes to...
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