Guidelines for DNA taxonomy, with a focus on the meiofauna

Marine Biodiversity

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 433-451

  Fontaneto, Diego ^a   Flot, Jean François ^b   Tang, Cuong Q ^c,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABGD; Biodiversity; BP P; COI; Cryptic species; GMYC; Identification; PTP

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84941420545     PISSN: 18671616     EISSN: 18671624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12526-015-0319-7     Document Type: Article

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