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Barcoding bushmeat: molecular identification of Central African and South American harvested vertebrates
2010-06-01
Abstract excerpt
The creation and use of a globally available database of DNA sequences from a standardized gene region has been proposed as a tool for species identification, assessing genetic diversity and monitoring the legal and illegal trade in wildlife species. Here, we contribute to the Barcode of Life Data System and test whether a short region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COX1) gene would reliably...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1b03099a-7d57-5c82-b189-ca6f1c4a3a90
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10592-009-9967-0
