Validation of the ITS2 Region as a Novel DNA Barcode for Identifying Medicinal Plant Species

Chen, Shilin; Yao, Hui; Han, Jianping; Liu, Chang; Song, Jingyuan; Shi, Linchun; Zhu, Yingjie; Ma, Xinye; Gao, Ting; Pang, Xiaohui; Luo, Kun; Li, Ying; Li, Xiwen; Jia, Xiaocheng; Lin, Yulin; Léon, Christine

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008613

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Validation of the ITS2 Region as a Novel DNA Barcode for Identifying Medicinal Plant Species

Published in PLoS ONE • Jan 6, 2010

Authors:

Shilin Chen

Hui Yao

Jianping Han

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The plant working group of the Consortium for the Barcode of Life recommended the two-locus combination of rbcL+matK as the plant barcode, yet the combination was shown to successfully discriminate among 907 samples from 550 species at the species level with a probability of 72%. The gro...

Subject

Barcode

DNA barcoding

Biology

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