Skimming for barcodes: rapid production of mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal repeat reference markers through shallow shotgun sequencing

DNA barcoding is critical to conservation and biodiversity research, yet public reference databases are incomplete. Existing barcode databases are biased toward cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and frequently lack associated voucher specimens or geospatial metadata, which can hinder reliable speci...

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Main Authors: Mykle L. Hoban, Jonathan Whitney, Allen G. Collins, Christopher Meyer, Katherine R. Murphy, Abigail J. Reft, Katherine E. Bemis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/13790.pdf