The Species Dilemma of Northeast Indian Mahseer (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae): DNA Barcoding in Clarifying the Riddle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Laskar, Boni A ^a   Bhattacharjee, Maloyjo J ^a   Dhar, Bishal ^a   Mahadani, Pradosh ^a   Kundu, Shantanu ^a   Ghosh, Sankar K ^a  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MAHSEER; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOLISSOCHILUS HEXAGONOLEPIS; NEOLISSOCHILUS HEXASTICHUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TOR PROGENEIUS; TOR PUTITORA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYPRINIDAE; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOPTERYGII; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES; TOR PUTITORA;

EID: 84872476978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053704     Document Type: Article

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