Towards writing the encyclopaedia of life: An introduction to DNA barcoding

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1462, 2005, Pages 1805-1811

  Savolainen, Vincent ^a   Cowan, Robyn S ^a   Vogler, Alfried P ^b,c   Roderick, George K ^d   Lane, Richard ^b  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cox1; DNA bank; DNA barcoding; Inventories; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA; EARTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBARIUM; MUSEUM; PROJECT DESIGN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC DATABASE; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, GENETIC; MUSEUMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33645760502     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1730     Document Type: Review

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