The perils of DNA barcoding and the need for integrative taxonomy

Systematic Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 844-851

  Will, Kipling W ^a   Mishler, Brent D ^a   Wheeler, Quentin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CLASSIFICATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29144475077     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150500354878     Document Type: Review

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