Are plant DNA barcodes a search for the Holy Grail?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Rubinoff, Daniel ^a   Cameron, Stephen ^b   Will, Kipling ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENETIC MARKER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SHORT SURVEY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 29244458162     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.10.019     Document Type: Short Survey

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