Colour patterns do not diagnose species: Quantitative evaluation of a DNA barcoded cryptic bumblebee complex

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Carolan, James C ^a,b   Murray, Tomás E ^c,d   Fitzpatrick, Úna ^e   Crossley, John ^f   Schmidt, Hans ^g   Cederberg, Björn ^h   McNally, Luke ^b   Paxton, Robert J ^c,d   Williams, Paul H ⁱ   Brown, Mark J F ^b,j  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^f North Flaws   (United Kingdom)

^g University of Agricultural Sciences ^*  (Denmark)

^h SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^j QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BUMBLEBEE; COLOR PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUEEN (INSECT); RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; THORAX;

BOMBUS CRYPTARUM; BOMBUS LUCORUM; BOMBUS MAGNUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; BODY SIZE; COLOR; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; GENOME, INSECT; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THORAX;

EID: 84855464252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029251     Document Type: Article

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