Species resolution rate
Definition
The proportion of species-level queries for which the barcoding approach returns an unambiguous species identification rather than only a genus or family assignment.
Related terms
- BOLD
- Barcode of Life Data System, an international curated database linking COI sequences to verified voucher specimens with collection locality and taxonomic annotation....
- Chloroplast genome (plastome)
- A circular, 120-160 kb genome inside plant chloroplasts, present in hundreds of copies per cell. Its high copy number makes it recoverable...
- DNA barcoding
- Identification of an unknown plant fragment by sequencing short standard genome regions (rbcL and matK for plants, ITS for fungi). Routinely used...
- matK
- Maturase K gene, located in the chloroplast trnK intron. The second CBOL-approved plant barcode marker, with an approximately 870 bp diagnostic amplicon....
- rbcL
- A chloroplast gene encoding the large subunit of RuBisCO (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase). One of the two CBOL-standardized plant barcode loci. Widely amplifiable but...
Explained in
- Plant DNA Barcoding: rbcL and matKThe proportion of species-level queries for which the barcoding approach returns an unambiguous species identification rather than only a genus or family assig...