DNA barcoding Bromeliaceae: achievements and pitfalls.

BACKGROUND: DNA barcoding has been successfully established in animals as a tool for organismal identification and taxonomic clarification. Slower nucleotide substitution rates in plant genomes have made the selection of a DNA barcode for land plants a much more difficult task. The Plant Working Gro...

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Main Authors: Vitor Hugo Maia, Camila Souza da Mata, Luciana Ozório Franco, Mônica Aires Cardoso, Sérgio Ricardo Sodré Cardoso, Adriana Silva Hemerly, Paulo Cavalcanti Gomes Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3252331?pdf=render