Mitochondrial DNA barcoding detects some species that are real, and some that are not

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-273

  Dasmahapatra, Kanchon K ^a   Elias, Marianne ^b,c   Hill, Ryan I ^d   Hoffman, Joseph I ^e   Mallet, James ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f WISSENSCHAFTSKOLLEG ZU BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFLP; Cryptic species; DNA barcoding; Ithomiine; Mechanitis

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; MECHANITIS; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 77949337124     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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