Identification of 'extinct' freshwater mussel species using DNA barcoding.

DC, Campbell; PD, Johnson; JD, Williams; AK, Rindsberg; JM, Serb; KK, Small; C, Lydeard

doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02108.x

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Identification of 'extinct' freshwater mussel species using DNA barcoding.

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Authors:

Campbell DC

Johnson PD

Williams JD

Abstract

Freshwater mollusks are highly imperiled, with 70% of the North American species extinct, endangered, or at risk of extinction. Impoundments and other human impacts on the Coosa River of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee of the southeastern USA alone are believed to have caused 50 mollusk species extin...

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