Species identification of marine fishes in china with DNA barcoding.
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SUBMITTER: Zhang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3108176 | biostudies-literature | 2011
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Species identification of marine fishes in china with DNA barcoding.
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 20110511
DNA barcoding is a molecular method that uses a short standardized DNA sequence as a species identification tool. In this study, the standard 652 base-pair region of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (COI) was sequenced in marine fish specimens captured in China. The average genetic distance was 50-fold higher between species than within species, as Kimura two parameter (K2P) genetic distances averaged 15.742% among congeners and only 0.319% for intraspecific individuals. There ...[more]
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