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Potential DNA barcodes for Melilotus species based on five single loci and their combinations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Wu Fan, Ma Jinxing, Meng Yuqin, Zhang Daiyu, Pascal Muvunyi Blaise, Luo Kai, Di Hongyan, Guo Wenli, Wang Yanrong, Feng Baochang, Zhang Jiyu
Abstract excerpt
Melilotus, an annual or biennial herb, belongs to the tribe Trifolieae (Leguminosae) and consists of 19 species. As an important green manure crop, diverse Melilotus species have different values as feed and medicine. To identify different Melilotus species, we examined the efficiency of five candidate regions as barcodes, including the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and two chloroplast loci, rbcL and matK,...
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