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Barcoding of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) indicates a recent introduction of Ciona savignyi into New Zealand and provides a rapid method for Ciona species discrimination

Smith, Kirsty Fiona; Thia, Joshua; Gemmill, Chrissen E.C.; Cary, S. Craig; Fidler, Andrew E. (Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC), 2012)

Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene sequencing (DNA barcoding) of Ciona specimens from New Zealand (NZ) led to the first record of the solitary ascidian Ciona savignyi in the Southern Hemisphere. We sought to ...