Comparative performance of the 16S rRNA gene in DNA barcoding of amphibians.docVIP

Frontiers in Zoology BioMedCentral Research Open Access Comparative performance of the 16S rRNA gene in DNA barcoding of amphibians Miguel Vences*1, Meike Thomas2, Arie van der Meijden3, Ylenia Chiari3 and David R Vieites4 Address: 1Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Mauritskade 61, 1092 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2Institute for Genetics, Evolutionary Genetics, University of Cologne, Weyertal 121, 50931 K?ln, Germany, 3Department of Biology (Evolutionary Biology), University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany and 4Departme