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Mapping global biodiversity connections with DNA barcodes: Lepidoptera of Pakistan

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Submitted by susan on Mon, 2017-03-27 15:19

Sequences from the DNA barcode region of the mitochondrial COI gene are an effective tool for specimen identification and for the discovery of new species. The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (www.boldsystems.org) currently hosts 4.5 million records from animals which have been assigned to more than 490,000 different Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), which serve as a proxy for species. Because a fourth of these BINs derive from Lepidoptera, BOLD has a strong capability to both identify specimens in this order and to support studies of faunal overlap. DNA barcode sequences were obtained from 4503 moths from 329 sites across Pakistan, specimens that represented 981 BINs from 52 families.

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Name of the Journal: 
PLoS ONE
Main Topic: 
Biodiversity
thesaurus: 
Biodiversity
Pakistan
South Asia
Insects
Attachment(s): 
Lepidoptera.pdf
Author: 
Muhammad Ashfaq
Saleem Akhtar
Muhammad Athar Rafi & et al
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Publication Date: 
24/03/2017