Assessment of BOLD and GenBank - Their accuracy and reliability for the identification of biological materials.

Taxonomic identification of biological materials can be achieved through DNA barcoding, where an unknown "barcode" sequence is compared to a reference database. In many disciplines, obtaining accurate taxonomic identifications can be imperative (e.g., evolutionary biology, food regulatory...

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Main Authors: Kelly A Meiklejohn, Natalie Damaso, James M Robertson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217084