Identifying spiders through DNA barcodes

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 481-491

  Barrett, Rowan D H ^a   Hebert, Paul D N ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GENES;

IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SEGMENTS; SPECIES; SPECIMENS;

DNA;

DNA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SPIDER;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE;

EID: 22744449938     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-024     Document Type: Article

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