DNA Barcodes and Insect Biodiversity

Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 417-431

  Floyd, Robin M ^a   Wilson, John J ^a   Hebert, Paul D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

'operational taxonomic units' (OTUs); Applications of barcoding; Concept of DNA barcoding controversial in taxonomic community; DNA barcodes and insect biodiversity; DNA barcoding use of short standardized genomic segments as markers for species identification; Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) insect order whose larval stages develop in freshwater habitats; Sequence based approach to identification digital nature of DNA sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149098664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444308211.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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