Identifying earthworms through DNA barcodes: Pitfalls and promise

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-180

  Chang, Chih Han ^a   Rougerie, Rodolphe ^b   Chen, Jiun Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

COI; DNA barcode; Earthworms; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; DIVERGENCE; DNA; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NOMENCLATURE;

EID: 61749100214     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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