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Nicola Flanagan
School of Botany and Zoology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
Rod Peakall
School of Botany and Zoology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
Mark Clements
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, GPO Box 1600 Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.
Tupac Otero
Dept. de Ciencias Agricolas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Palmira, Valle, Colombia
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Molecular genetic diagnosis of the ‘taxonomically difficult’ Australian endangered orchid, Microtis angusii: an evaluation of the utility of DNA barcoding
Lankesteriana: Volumen 7, Número 1-2
Enviado: Jun 8, 2015
Publicado: Jun 17, 2015
Resumen
As species are the common currency for conserva- tion efforts, their accurate description is essential for efficient preservation of biological diversity. The use of DNA Barcodes, short DNA sequences that evolve fast enough to differentiate species, has been pro- posed both for the discovery of new species and the identification of previously described species.