Limitations of mitochondrial gene barcoding in Octocorallia

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-31

  Mcfadden, Catherine S ^a   Benayahu, Yehuda ^b   Pante, Eric ^c   Thoma, Jana N ^c   Nevarez, P Andrew ^a   France, Scott C ^c  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidarians; DNA barcoding; Invertebrates; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ALCYONARIA; ALCYONIUM; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 78650102478     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02875.x     Document Type: Article

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