Barcoding corals: Limited by interspecific divergence, not intraspecific variation

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-255

  Shearer, T L ^a   Coffroth, M A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

COI; DNA barcoding; Interspecific divergence; Intraspecific variation; Scleractinian coral; Species identification

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 38949095624     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 14718286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01996.x     Document Type: Article

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