DNA barcoding evaluation and its taxonomic implications in the species-rich genus Primula L. in China.

The genus Primula is extremely diverse in the east Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains (HHM) in China as a result of rapid radiation. In order to overcome the difficulty of morphological classification of this genus, we surveyed three plastid regions (rbcL, matK, and trnH-psbA) and two nuclear markers (ITS...

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Main Authors: Hai-Fei Yan, Yun-Jiao Liu, Xiu-Feng Xie, Cai-Yun Zhang, Chi-Ming Hu, Gang Hao, Xue-Jun Ge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4395239?pdf=render