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A DNA barcode for land plants

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CBOL Plant Working Group1, Hollingsworth, Peter M., Forrest, Laura L., Spouge, John L., Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, van der Bank, Michelle, Chase, Mark W., Cowan, Robyn S., Erickson, David L., Fazekas, Aron J., Graham, Sean W., James, Karen E., Kim, Ki-Joong, Kress, W. John, Schneider, Harald, van AlphenStahl, Jonathan, Barrett, Spencer C.H., van den Berg, Cassio, Bogarin, Diego, Burgess, Kevin S., Cameron, Kenneth M., Carine, Mark, Chacón, Juliana, Clark, Alexandra, Clarkson, James J., Conrad, Ferozah, Devey, Dion S., Ford, Caroline S., Hedderson, Terry A.J., Hollingsworth, Michelle L., Husband, Brian C., Kelly, Laura J., Kesanakurti, Prasad R., Kim, Jung Sung, Kim, Young-Dong, Lahaye, Renaud, Lee, Hae-Lim, Long, David G., Madriñán, Santiago, Maurin, Olivier, Meusnier, Isabelle, Newmaster, Steven G., Park, Chong-Wook, Percy, Diana M., Petersen, Gitte, Richardson, James E., Salazar, Gerardo A., Savolainen, Vincent, Seberg, Ole, Wilkinson, Michael J., Yi, Dong-Keun, Little, Damon P.·2009·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.0905845106
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DNA barcoding involves sequencing a standard region of DNA as a tool for species identification. However, there has been no agreement on which region(s) should be used for barcoding land plants. To provide a community recommendation on a standard plant barcode, we have compared the performance of 7 leading candidate plastid DNA regions ( atpF–atpH spacer, matK gene, rbcL gene, rpoB gene, rpoC1 gene, psbK–psbI spacer, and trnH–psbA spacer). Based on assessments of recoverability, sequence quality, and levels of species discrimination, we recommend the 2-locus combination of rbcL + matK as the plant barcode. This core 2-locus barcode will provide a universal framework for the routine use of DNA sequence data to identify specimens and contribute toward the discovery of overlooked species of land plants.

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Group1, C. P. W., Hollingsworth, P. M., Forrest, L. L., Spouge, J. L., Hajibabaei, M., Ratnasingham, S., van der Bank, M., Chase, M. W., Cowan, R. S., Erickson, D. L., Fazekas, A. J., Graham, S. W., James, K. E., Kim, K.-J., Kress, W. J., Schneider, H., van AlphenStahl, J., Barrett, S. C. H., van den Berg, C., Bogarin, D., Burgess, K. S., Cameron, K. M., Carine, M., Chacón, J., Clark, A., Clarkson, J. J., Conrad, F., Devey, D. S., Ford, C. S., Hedderson, T. A. J., Hollingsworth, M. L., Husband, B. C., Kelly, L. J., Kesanakurti, P. R., Kim, J. S., Kim, Y.-D., Lahaye, R., Lee, H.-L., Long, D. G., Madriñán, S., Maurin, O., Meusnier, I., Newmaster, S. G., Park, C.-W., Percy, D. M., Petersen, G., Richardson, J. E., Salazar, G. A., Savolainen, V., Seberg, O., Wilkinson, M. J., Yi, D.-K., & Little, D. P.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2009-08-04
Volume
106
Issue
31
Pages
12794-12797
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.0905845106
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Group1, C. P. W., Hollingsworth, P. M., Forrest, L. L., Spouge, J. L., Hajibabaei, M., Ratnasingham, S., van der Bank, M., Chase, M. W., Cowan, R. S., Erickson, D. L., Fazekas, A. J., Graham, S. W., James, K. E., Kim, K.-J., Kress, W. J., Schneider, H., van AlphenStahl, J., Barrett, S. C. H., van den Berg, C., . . . Little, D. P. (2009). A DNA barcode for land plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0905845106

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