A genomic perspective on the shortcomings of mitochondrial DNA for "barcoding" identification

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 581-594

  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; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENBANK; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HETEROPLASMY; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845914892     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esl036     Document Type: Review

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