Myth of the molecule: DNA barcodes for species cannot replace morphology for identification and classification

Cladistics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-55

  Will, Kipling W ^a   Rubinoff, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DNA;

EID: 1642297400     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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