An elongated COI fragment to discriminate botryllid species and as an improved ascidian DNA barcode
M. Salonna, F. Gasparini, D. Huchon, F. Montesanto, M. Haddas-Sasson, M. Ekins, M. McNamara, F. Mastrototaro, C. Gissi
The paper develops a new COI barcode fragment (860-COI) for botryllid species discrimination, showing improved resolution over the Folmers fragment in identifying cryptic and undescribed species.
bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2021Evolutionary Biology