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Filtering by: Academic Affiliation Botany and Plant Pathology Date issued sim 2013-04-02 License Attribution 3.0 United States

How Effective Are DNA Barcodes in the Identification of African Rainforest Trees?

Creator:

Parmentier, Ingrid, Duminil, Jérôme, Kuzmina, Maria, Philippe, Morgane, Thomas, Duncan W., Kenfack, David, Chuyong, George B., Cruaud, Corinne, and Hardy, Olivier J.

Abstract:

Background: DNA barcoding of rain forest trees could potentially help biologists identify species and discover new ones. However, DNA barcodes cannot always distinguish between closely related species, and the size and completeness of barcode databases are key parameters for their successful application. We test the ability of rbcL, matK and...

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Article