Insidious effects of sequencing errors on perceived diversity in molecular surveys

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 916-918

  Dickie, Ian A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Collector's curves; Fungal communities; Pyrosequencing; Sampling effort

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78149365938     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03473.x     Document Type: Letter

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