A comparison of algorithms for the identification of specimens using DNA barcodes: Examples from gymnosperms

Cladistics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Little, Damon P ^a   Stevenson, Dennis Wm ^a  

^a Lewis B Dorothy Cullman Prog M   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CITES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DNA; GYMNOSPERM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PLASTID;

CYCADOPSIDA; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 33847767178     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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