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Using DNA barcoding to assess Caribbean reef fish biodiversity: expanding taxonomic and geographic coverage by Weigt, Lee A, Baldwin, Carole C, Driskell, Amy, Smith, David G, Ormos, Andrea, Reyier, Eric A

“…This paper represents a DNA barcode data release for 3,400 specimens representing 521 species of fishes from 6 areas across the Caribbean and western central…”
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Use of DNA barcodes to identify flowering plants by Kress, W.J, Wurdack, K.J, Zimmer, E.A, Weigt, L.A, Janzen, D.H

“…Methods for identifying species by using short orthologous DNA sequences, known as "DNA barcodes," have been proposed and initiated to facilitate biodiversity…”
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Invasive lionfish preying on critically endangered reef fish by Rocha, Luiz A., Rocha, Claudia R., Baldwin, Carole C., Weigt, Lee A., McField, Melanie

“…Caribbean coral reef ecosystems are at the forefront of a global decline and are now facing a new threat: elimination of vulnerable species by the invasive…”
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A Single-Laboratory Validated Method for the Generation of DNA Barcodes for the Identification of Fish for Regulatory Compliance by HANDY, Sara M, DEEDS, Jonathan R, IVANOVA, Natalia V, HEBERT, Paul D. N, HANNER, Robert H, ORMOS, Andrea, WEIGT, Lee A, MOORE, Michelle M, YANCY, Haile F

“…The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ensuring that the nation's food supply is safe and accurately labeled. This task is particularly…”
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Gutsy genetics: identification of digested piscine prey items in the stomach contents of sympatric native and introduced warmwater catfishes via DNA barcoding by Aguilar, Robert, Ogburn, Matthew B., Driskell, Amy C., Weigt, Lee A., Groves, Mary C., Hines, Anson H.

“…A major focus of ecology is understanding trophic relationships and energy flows in natural systems, associated food web dynamics and changes in food webs due…”
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Biodiversity of Philippine marine fishes: A DNA barcode reference library based on voucher specimens by Bemis, Katherine E., Girard, Matthew G., Santos, Mudjekeewis D., Carpenter, Kent E., Deeds, Jonathan R., Pitassy, Diane E., Flores, Nicko Amor L., Hunter, Elizabeth S., Driskell, Amy C., Macdonald, Kenneth S., Weigt, Lee A., Williams, Jeffrey T.

“…Accurate identification of fishes is essential for understanding their biology and to ensure food safety for consumers. DNA barcoding is an important tool…”
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An unprecedented aggregation of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Mexican coastal waters of the Caribbean Sea by de la Parra Venegas, Rafael, Hueter, Robert, González Cano, Jaime, Tyminski, John, Gregorio Remolina, José, Maslanka, Mike, Ormos, Andrea, Weigt, Lee, Carlson, Bruce, Dove, Alistair

“…Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, are often perceived as solitary behemoths that live and feed in the open ocean. To the contrary, evidence is accumulating that…”
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Using standardized fish‐specific autonomous reef monitoring structures (FARMS) to quantify cryptobenthic fish communities by Brandl, Simon J., Weigt, Lee A., Pitassy, Diane E., Coker, Darren J., Patrick, Christopher J., Luchese, Matheus H., Berumen, Michael L., Buskey, Edward J., Casey, Jordan M., Di Domenico, Maikon, Soeth, Marcelo, Topor, Zachary M., Duffy, J. Emmett, Baldwin, Carole C., Hagedorn, Mary, Parenti, Lynne R.

“…Biodiversity inventories and monitoring techniques for marine fishes often overlook small (<5 cm), bottom‐associated (‘cryptobenthic’) fishes, and few…”
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DNA extracted from museum specimens of the 19th century provides a taxonomic resolution on the identity of the characid fish Psalidodon jequitinhonhae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes) by Queiroz, Victor de, Silva, Priscilla Caroline, Malabarba, Maria Claudia, Weigt, Lee, Dergam, Jorge Abdala, Malabarba, Luiz R.

“…Abstract Psalidodon jequitinhonhae was originally proposed as a variety of Tetragonopterus rutilus, based on the analysis of 14 specimens from the…”
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Seven new species within western Atlantic Starksia atlantica, S. lepicoelia, and S. sluiteri (Teleostei, Labrisomidae), with comments on congruence of DNA barcodes and species by Baldwin, Carole C, Castillo, Cristina I, Weigt, Lee A, Victor, Benjamin C

“…Specimens of Starksia were collected throughout the western Atlantic, and a 650-bp portion of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase-c subunit I (COl) was…”
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Protocol for building a reference standard sequence library for DNA-based seafood identification by Deeds, Jonathan R, Handy, Sara M, Fry, Jr, Frederick, Granade, Hudson, Williams, Jeffrey T, Powers, Monica, Shipp, Robert, Weigt, Lee A

“…With the recent adoption of a DNA sequencing-based method for the species identification for seafood products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a…”
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Using DNA Barcodes to Identify Bird Species Involved in Birdstrikes by Dove, Carla J, Rotzel, Nancy C, Heacker, Marcy, Weigt, Lee A

“…We determined effectiveness of using mitochondrial DNA barcodes (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 [CO1]) to identify bird–aircraft collision (birdstrike) cases…”
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DNA Barcoding in Land Plants: Developing Standards to Quantify and Maximize Success by Erickson, David L., Spouge, John, Resch, Alissa, Weigt, Lee A., Kress, W. John

“…The selection of a DNA barcode in plants has been impeded in part to the relatively low rates of nucleotide substitution observed iat the mosot accessible…”
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Ancient DNA from coral-hosted Symbiodinium reveal a static mutualism over the last 172 years by Baker, David M, Weigt, Lee, Fogel, Marilyn, Knowlton, Nancy

“…Ancient DNA (aDNA) provides powerful evidence for detecting the genetic basis for adaptation to environmental change in many taxa. Among the greatest of…”
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DNA barcoding fishes by Weigt, Lee A, Driskell, Amy C, Baldwin, Carole C, Ormos, Andrea

“…This chapter is an overview of the techniques for DNA barcoding of fishes from field collection to DNA sequence analysis. Recommendations for modifications of…”
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Complete genomic sequence of bacteriophage felix o1 by Whichard, Jean M, Weigt, Lee A, Borris, Douglas J, Li, Ling Ling, Zhang, Qing, Kapur, Vivek, Pierson, F William, Lingohr, Erika J, She, Yi-Min, Kropinski, Andrew M, Sriranganathan, Nammalwar

“…Bacteriophage O1 is a Myoviridae A1 group member used historically for identifying Salmonella. Sequencing revealed a single, linear, 86,155-base-pair genome…”
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CONGEN-2010: A Semester in a Fortnight by Weigt, Lee A.

“…Weigt features the AGA-sponsored 2010 workshop on "Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics," which was held 7-20 February, 2010, at the impressive White Oak…”
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Biogeography of the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus: a molecular perspective by WEIGT, LEE A, CRAWFORD, ANDREW J, RAND, A. STANLEY, RYAN, MICHAEL J

“…Physalaemus pustulosus, a small leptodactylid frog with South American affinities, ranges across northern South America through Middle America to southern…”
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New dates and new rates for divergence across the Isthmus of Panama by Knowlton, Nancy, Weigt, Lee A.

“…Sister species separated by the Isthmus of Panama have been widely used to estimate rates of molecular evolution. These estimates are based on the assumption…”
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Divergence in Proteins, Mitochondrial DNA, and Reproductive Compatibility Across the Isthmus of Panama by Knowlton, Nancy, Weight, Lee A., Solórzano, Luis Aníbal, Mills, DeEtta K., Bermingham, Eldredge

“…It is widely believed that gene flow connected many shallow water populations of the Caribbean and eastern Pacific until the Panama seaway closed 3.0 to 3.5…”
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