title: A unified index of sequence quality and contig overlap for DNA barcoding.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Barcode quality index (B) is a novel, unified measure of sequence quality and contig overlap tailored to the needs of DNA barcoding. Re-analysis of published data demonstrates the utility of B.
  
  
  METHODS
  A GPL PERL script is available for download (http://www.nybg.org/files/scientists/dlittle/B.html).
authors.affiliation: Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA. dlittle@nybg.org
authors.forename: Damon P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Little
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA