DNA barcode of Parodontidae species from the La Plata river basin - applying new data to clarify taxonomic problems

In the past years, DNA barcoding has emerged as a quick, accurate and efficient tool to identify species. Considering the difficulty in identifying some Parodontidae species from the La Plata basin and the absence of molecular data for the group, we aimed to test the effectiveness of DNA barcoding a...

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Main Authors: Elisangela Bellafronte, Tatiane Casagrande Mariguela, Luiz Henrique Garcia Pereira, Claudio Oliveira, Orlando Moreira-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252013000300497&lng=en&tlng=en