Barcoding animal life: cytochrome <i>c</i> oxidase subunit 1 divergences among closely related species

D. N. Hebert, Paul; Ratnasingham, Sujeevan; R. de Waard, Jeremy

doi:10.1098/rsbl.2003.0025

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Barcoding animal life: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 divergences among closely related species

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences • Aug 7, 2003

Authors:

Paul D. N. Hebert

Sujeevan Ratnasingham

Jeremy R. de Waard

Abstract

With millions of species and their life-stage transformations, the animal kingdom provides a challenging target for taxonomy. Recent work has suggested that a DNA-based identification system, founded on the mitochondrial gene, cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI), can aid the resolution of this dive...

Subject

DNA barcoding

Biology

Mitochondrial DNA

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