Barcoding in the dark?: A critical view of the sufficiency of zoological DNA barcoding databases and a plea for broader integration of taxonomic knowledge

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Kvist, Sebastian ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animalia; BOLD; Databases; DNA barcoding; NCBI; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BOLD; DATA BASE; NCBI; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; FUNGI; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BOLD; DATABASES; DNA BARCODING; NCBI; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84879698145     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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