On the utility of DNA barcoding for species differentiation among brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) including a novel extraction protocol

Phycological Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-141

  McDevit, Daniel C ^a   Saunders, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barcode; Cytochrome c oxidase 1; DNA extraction; Fucales; Kelp; Laminariales; Phaeophyceae; Tilopteridales

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MACROALGA; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

ALGAE; FUCALES; LAMINARIALES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; TILOPTERIDALES;

EID: 66149156972     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2009.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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