Deciduous trees and the application of universal DNA barcodes: a case study on the circumpolar Fraxinus.

The utility of DNA barcoding for identifying representative specimens of the circumpolar tree genus Fraxinus (56 species) was investigated. We examined the genetic variability of several loci suggested in chloroplast DNA barcode protocols such as matK, rpoB, rpoC1 and trnH-psbA in a large worldwide...

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Main Authors: Mariangela Arca, Damien Daniel Hinsinger, Corinne Cruaud, Annie Tillier, Jean Bousquet, Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3313964?pdf=render