COI is better than 16S rRNA for DNA barcoding Asiatic salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata: Hynobiidae)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-56

  Xia, Yun ^a,b   Gu, Hai Feng ^a,b   Peng, Rui ^a   Chen, Qin ^a   Zheng, Yu Chi ^a   Murphy, Robert W ^c,d   Zeng, Xiao Mao ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Cryptic species; Japan; South Korea; Species identification

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RNA 16S;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BARCODING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; HYNOBIIDAE; ONYCHODACTYLUS FISCHERI; SALAMANDRELLA KEYSERLINGII; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 83955162923     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03055.x     Document Type: Article

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