Countering criticisms of single mitochondrial DNA gene barcoding in birds

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 257-268

  Baker, Allan J ^a,b   Tavares, Erika Sendra ^a,b   Elbourne, Rebecca F ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criticisms of COI barcodes; Efficacy in birds; Single versus multiple genes; Species identification

Indexed keywords

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EID: 65349169533     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02650.x     Document Type: Article

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