Molecular species identification of Central European ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) using nuclear rDNA expansion segments and DNA barcodes

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Raupach, Michael J ^a,b   Astrin, Jonas J ^a   Hannig, Karsten ^c   Peters, Marcell K ^a   Stoeckle, Mark Y ^d   Wägele, Johann Wolfgang ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c Dresdener Straße 6   (Germany)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956459955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-7-26     Document Type: Article

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