Detection of Potential Problematic Cytb Gene Sequences of Fishes in GenBank.

ABSTRACT: Fishes are, by far, the most diverse group of vertebrates. Their classification relies heavily on morphology. In practice, the correct morphological identification of species often depends on personal experience because many species vary in their body shape, color and other external characters. Thus, the identification of a species may be prone to errors. Due to the rapid development of molecular biology, the number of sequences of fishes deposited in GenBank has grown explosively. These published data likely contain errors owing to invalid or incorrectly identified species. The erroneous data can lead to downstream problems. Thus, it is critical that such errors get identified and corrected. A strategy based on DNA barcoding can detect potentially erroneous data, especially when intraspec

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5808227 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature