DNA barcodes for globally threatened marine turtles: A registry approach to documenting biodiversity

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 252-263

  Naro Maciel, Eugenia ^a   Reid, Brendan ^b   Fitzsimmons, Nancy N ^c   Le, Minh ^a,d   Desalle, Rob ^a   Amato, George ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; COI; DNA barcoding; MtDNA; Sea turtle; Species identification

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77949337275     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02747.x     Document Type: Article

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