Spider: An R package for the analysis of species identity and evolution, with particular reference to DNA barcoding

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 562-565

  Brown, Samuel D J ^a   Collins, Rupert A ^a   Boyer, Stephane ^a   Lefort, Marie Caroline ^a   Malumbres Olarte, Jagoba ^a   Vink, Cor J ^a,b   Cruickshank, Robert H ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barcoding gap; Characteristic attributes; Integrative taxonomy; Mini barcodes; Neighbour joining; Threshold optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA BARCODING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SOFTWARE;

ARANEAE;

EID: 84859563653     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03108.x     Document Type: Article

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