Evaluation of four commonly used DNA barcoding Loci for chinese medicinal plants of the family schisandraceae.

Many species of Schisandraceae are used in traditional Chinese medicine and are faced with contamination and substitution risks due to inaccurate identification. Here, we investigated the discriminatory power of four commonly used DNA barcoding loci (ITS, trnH-psbA, matK, and rbcL) and corresponding...

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Main Authors: Jian Zhang, Min Chen, Xiaoyu Dong, Ruozhu Lin, Jianhua Fan, Zhiduan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4418597?pdf=render