TY - JOUR

T1 - DNA barcoding for species assignment: the case of Mediterranean marine fishes

AU - Carvalho, G.R.

AU - Landi, M.D.

AU - Arculeo, M.

AU - Biondo, G.

AU - Martins, R.

AU - Carneiro, M.

PY - 2014/9/15

Y1 - 2014/9/15

N2 - DNA barcoding enhances the prospects for species-level identifications globally using a standardized and authenticated DNA-based approach. Reference libraries comprising validated DNA barcodes (COI) constitute robust datasets for testing query sequences, providing considerable utility to identify marine fish and other organisms. Here we test the feasibility of using DNA barcoding to assign species to tissue samples from fish collected in the central Mediterranean Sea, a major contributor to the European marine ichthyofaunal diversity.

AB - DNA barcoding enhances the prospects for species-level identifications globally using a standardized and authenticated DNA-based approach. Reference libraries comprising validated DNA barcodes (COI) constitute robust datasets for testing query sequences, providing considerable utility to identify marine fish and other organisms. Here we test the feasibility of using DNA barcoding to assign species to tissue samples from fish collected in the central Mediterranean Sea, a major contributor to the European marine ichthyofaunal diversity.

U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0106135

DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0106135

M3 - Article

VL - 9

JO - PLoS ONE

JF - PLoS ONE

SN - 1932-6203

IS - 9

ER -