A Retrospective Approach to Testing the DNA Barcoding Method

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A Retrospective Approach to Testing the DNA Barcoding Method

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A decade ago, DNA barcoding was proposed as a standardised method for identifying existing species and speeding the discovery of new species. Yet, despite its numerous successes across a range of taxa, its frequent failures have brought into question its accuracy as a short-cut taxonomic method. We use a retrospective approach, applying the method to the classification of New Zealand skinks as it stood in 1977 (primarily based upon morphological characters), and compare it to the current taxo...

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11 Nov, 2013

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David G. Chapple / Peter A. Ritchie

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https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/A_Retrospective_Approach_to_Testing_the_DNA_Barcoding_Metho...

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retrospective / dna / barcoding / Ecology / Biological Sciences / Information and Computing Sciences

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