Does the DNA barcoding gap exist? – a case study in blue butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
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- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Frontiers in Zoology
- Vol. 4 (1), 8
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-4-8
Abstract
DNA barcoding, i.e. the use of a 648 bp section of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase I, has recently been promoted as useful for the rapid identification and discovery of species. Its success is dependent either on the strength of the claim that interspecific variation exceeds intraspecific variation by one order of magnitude, thus establishing a "barcoding gap", or on the reciprocal monophyly of species.Keywords
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