DNA barcoding does not separate South American Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), Chagas Disease vectors
Abstract Background DNA barcoding assumes that a biological entity is completely separated from its closest relatives by a barcoding gap, which means that intraspecific genetic distance (from COI sequences) should never be greater than interspecific distances. We investigated the applicability of th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2014-11-01
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Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0519-1 |