Universal plant DNA barcode loci may not work in complex groups: a case study with Indian berberis species.

BACKGROUND: The concept of DNA barcoding for species identification has gained considerable momentum in animals because of fairly successful species identification using cytochrome oxidase I (COI). In plants, matK and rbcL have been proposed as standard barcodes. However, barcoding in complex genera...

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Main Authors: Sribash Roy, Antariksh Tyagi, Virendra Shukla, Anil Kumar, Uma M Singh, Lal Babu Chaudhary, Bhaskar Datt, Sumit K Bag, Pradhyumna K Singh, Narayanan K Nair, Tariq Husain, Rakesh Tuli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2965122?pdf=render