The quest for a general and reliable fungal DNA barcode

TY - JOUR

T1 - The quest for a general and reliable fungal DNA barcode

AU - Robert, V.

AU - Szöke, S.

AU - Eberhardt, U.

AU - Cardinali, G.

AU - Meyer, W.

AU - Seifert, K.A.

AU - Levesques, A.

AU - Lewis, C.T.

N1 - Reporting year: 2011

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - DNA sequences are key elements for both identification and classification of living organisms. Mainly for historical reasons, a limited number of genes are currently used for this purpose. From a mathematical point of view, any DNA segment, at any location, even outside of coding regions and even if they do not align, could be used as long as PCR primers could be designed to amplify them. This paper describes two methods to search genomic data for the most efficient DNA segments that can be used for identification and classification.

AB - DNA sequences are key elements for both identification and classification of living organisms. Mainly for historical reasons, a limited number of genes are currently used for this purpose. From a mathematical point of view, any DNA segment, at any location, even outside of coding regions and even if they do not align, could be used as long as PCR primers could be designed to amplify them. This paper describes two methods to search genomic data for the most efficient DNA segments that can be used for identification and classification.

U2 - 10.2174/1874136301105010045

DO - 10.2174/1874136301105010045

M3 - Article

VL - 5

SP - 45

EP - 61

JO - The Open Applied Informatics Journal

JF - The Open Applied Informatics Journal

SN - 1874-1363

ER -