Assessing the effects of primer specificity on eliminating numt coamplification in DNA barcoding: A case study from Orthoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-627

  Moulton, Matthew J ^a   Song, Hojun ^a   Whiting, Michael F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Numt; Orthoptera; Primer specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 77954742750     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02823.x     Document Type: Article

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