Cold code: the global initiative to DNA barcode amphibians and nonavian reptiles

• Published in: Molecular Ecology Resources
• Main Authors: Murphy, R.W., Crawford, A.J., Bauer, A.M., Che, J., Donnellan, S.C., Fritz, U., Haddad, C.F.B., Nagy, Z.T., Poyarkov, N.A., Vences, M., Wang, W.Z., Zhang, Y.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2013
• Subjects: amphibia; barcoding; COI; crocodylia; identification; lepidosauria; testudines; Arctic; Crawford; Nikolay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/95640; https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12050

DNA barcoding facilitates the identification of species and the estimation of biodiversity by using nucleotide sequences, usually from the mitochondrial genome. Most studies accomplish this task by using the gene encoding cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI; Entrez COX1). Within this barcoding framewo...