DNA barcoding in a biodiversity hot spot: Potential value for the identification of Malagasy Euphorbia L. listed in CITES Appendices I and II

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-65

  Aubriot, Xavier ^a   Lowry, Porter P ^a,b   Cruaud, Corinne ^c   Couloux, Arnaud ^c   Haevermans, Thomas ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; DNA barcoding; Euphorbia; Illegal trade; MatK and rbcL; PsbA trnH and ITS; Species identification

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUPHORBIA; EVALUATION; GENETICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MADAGASCAR; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, INTERGENIC; EUPHORBIA; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUPHORBIA;

EID: 84870917208     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12028     Document Type: Article

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