Birdstrikes and barcoding: Can DNA methods help make the airways safer?

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Waugh, John ^a   Evans, Max W ^b   Millar, Craig D ^c   Lambert, David M ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Aviation House   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian; Birdstrike; COI; Cox1; DNA barcode; Species identification

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; SAFETY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIRDS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SAFETY;

AVES;

EID: 78650078133     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02884.x     Document Type: Article

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