A Custom Regional DNA Barcode Reference Library for Lichen-Forming Fungi of the Intermountain West, USA, Increases Successful Specimen Identification
DNA barcoding approaches provide powerful tools for characterizing fungal diversity. However, DNA barcoding is limited by poor representation of species-level diversity in fungal sequence databases. Can the development of custom, regionally focused DNA reference libraries improve species-level ident...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Fungi |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/7/741 |