Pet and turtle: DNA barcoding identified twelve Geoemydid species in northeast India

Geoemydid turtles are one of the most imperilled fauna on the planet, with nearly half of them are threatened with extinction due to bushmeat crisis, traditional medicine, and the illegal pet trade. Classical taxonomy often fails to identify the pet-kept turtle specimens due to amorphous form, unusu...

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Main Authors: Shantanu Kundu, Vikas Kumar, Boni Amin Laskar, Kaomud Tyagi, Kailash Chandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-07-01
Series:Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1467215