Comment on "Identifying spiders through DNA barcodes"

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 498-504

  Prendini, Lorenzo ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAR CODES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GENES; MORPHOLOGY;

LIFE STAGES; MITOCHONDRIA; SPIDERS; TAXONOMY;

DNA;

DNA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SPIDER;

ARANEAE;

EID: 22744458931     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-025     Document Type: Review

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