The task of the Japanese Barcode of Life Initiative (JBOLI) in relation to a DNA barcoding system for species identification

Japanese Journal of Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Jinbo, Utsugi ^a   Yoshitake, Hiraku ^b   Ito, Motomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 49749115682     PISSN: 00215007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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