Cytochrome c oxidase barcodes for aquatic oligochaete identification: development of a Swiss reference database

Introduction Aquatic oligochaetes represent valuable indicators of the quality of sediments of watercourses and lakes, but their difficult identification based on morphological criteria compromises their more common use for eco-diagnostic analyses. This issue could be overcome by using DNA barcodes...

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Main Authors: Régis Vivien, Maria Holzmann, Inge Werner, Jan Pawlowski, Michel Lafont, Benoit J.D. Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-12-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4122.pdf