A proposal for a standardised protocol to barcode all land plants

W. Chase, Mark; S. Cowan, Robyn; M. Hollingsworth, Peter; van den Berg, Cássio; Madriñán, Santiago; Petersen, Gitte; Seberg, Ole; Jørgsensen, Tina; M. Cameron, Kenneth; A. Carine, Mark; Pedersen, Niklas; A. Hedderson, Terry; Conrad, Ferozah; A. Salazar, Gerardo; Richardson, James; L. Hollingsworth, Michelle; G. Barraclough, Timothy; J. Kelly, Laura; J. Wilkinson, M.

doi:10.1002/tax.562004

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A proposal for a standardised protocol to barcode all land plants

Published in Taxon • May 1, 2007

Authors:

Mark W. Chase

Robyn S. Cowan

Peter M. Hollingsworth

Abstract

Abstract We propose in this paper to use three regions of plastid DNA as a standard protocol for barcoding all land plants. We review the other markers that have been proposed and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. The low levels of variation in plastid DNA make three regions necessary; the...

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rpoB

DNA barcoding

Plastid

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