Probing the reliability of DNA barcodes in delineating geographically widespread bird species

Current Science

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-319

  Sasikala, B G ^a   Anuradha Reddy, P ^a   Vasudeva Rao, V ^b   Ramyashree, A ^a   Shivaji, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Birds; Cytochrome b; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; DNA barcodes

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; AVES;

EID: 84866598797     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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