DNA barcode authentication of wood samples of threatened and commercial timber trees within the tropical dry evergreen forest of India.

BACKGROUND: India is rich with biodiversity, which includes a large number of endemic, rare and threatened plant species. Previous studies have used DNA barcoding to inventory species for applications in biodiversity monitoring, conservation impact assessment, monitoring of illegal trading, authenti...

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Main Authors: Stalin Nithaniyal, Steven G Newmaster, Subramanyam Ragupathy, Devanathan Krishnamoorthy, Sophie Lorraine Vassou, Madasamy Parani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178033?pdf=render