Molecular Techniques in Taxonomy by Jean R David (auth.), Godfrey M. Hewitt, Andrew W. B.

By Jean R David (auth.), Godfrey M. Hewitt, Andrew W. B. Johnston, J. Peter W. Young (eds.)

Taxonomy is prime to figuring out the range of lifestyles types, and interesting expansions in molecular biology are re- volutionising the bought information. This quantity stories the ma- jor molecular organic innovations which are utilized in ta- xonomy. The chapters are prepared in 3 major sections:1) Overviews of significant themes in molecular taxonomy; 2) Case stories of the profitable software of molecular the right way to taxonomic and evolutionary questions; three) Protocols for a variety of normally acceptable tools. The defined techni- ques comprise DNA-DNA hybridization, DNA fingerprinting, RFLP research, and PCR sequencing.

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