The seven deadly sins of DNA barcoding

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 969-975

  Collins, R A ^a   Cruickshank, R H ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; DNA barcoding; Hypothesis testing; Neighbour joining; Reference library; Species identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BOOTSTRAPPING; DNA BARCODING; GENETIC DATABASE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NEIGHBOUR JOINING; PHYLOGENY; REFERENCE LIBRARY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STANDARD;

BOOTSTRAP; DNA BARCODING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEIGHBOUR JOINING; REFERENCE LIBRARY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885476668     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12046     Document Type: Article

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