Character-based DNA barcoding: A superior tool for species classification

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 446-450

  Bergmann, Tjard ^a   Hadrys, Heike ^a   Breves, Gerhard ^a   Schierwater, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAOS barcoding; Insects; Pterygota; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INSECTS; MODELS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA; PTERYGOTA (WINGED INSECTS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70450280815     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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