DNA barcoding of Cyclamen species: another approach to species identification

Ciotir, C., Yesson, C., Culham, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0133 and Cristea, N. (2011) DNA barcoding of Cyclamen species: another approach to species identification. Cyclamen, 35 (1). pp. 26-29. ISSN 1757-2045

Abstract/Summary

Cyclamen is a diverse genus with some well defined and some intransigent species complexes. Here we report on an attempt to use DNA barcoding techniques to help evaluate species boundaries. DNA barcoding uses multiple samples, each from a different individual of a species, to generate a series of DNA sequences that can be compared for similarity.