The use of mean instead of smallest interspecific distances exaggerates the size of the "barcoding gap" and leads to misidentification.
Meier
Rudolf
R
Department of Biological Sciences, University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. dbsmr@nus.edu.sg
Zhang
Guanyang
G
Ali
Farhan
F
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