Comparison of biological, molecular, and morphological methods of species identification in a set of cultured Panagrolaimus isolates

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-128

  Eyualem, A ^a,b   Blaxter, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biological species concept; Breeding; Culture isolate; Method; Molecular barcode; Morphology; Morphospecies; Nematode; Panagrolaimus; rRNA; Scanning electron microscopy; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA; PANAGROLAIMUS;

EID: 0038463548     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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