DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity in Lumbricus terrestris L., 1758 (Clitellata): Resurrection of L. herculeus (Savigny, 1826)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  James, Samuel W ^a,c   Porco, David ^b,c   Decaëns, Thibaud ^c   Richard, Benoit ^c   Rougerie, Rodolphe ^b,c   Erséus, Christer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; EARTHWORM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; LUMBRICUS HERCULEUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CANADA; DENMARK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY;

CLITELLATA; EARTHWORMS (SP.); LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DENMARK; DNA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; OLIGOCHAETA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78650814386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015629     Document Type: Article

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