Contact: Susanne S. Renner
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Caption: This images shows nucleotide differences in a short non-coding region of plastid DNA, such as typically used in plant barcoding. The lower two species are closely related and only differ in the A (Adenine) in position 2 from the left, while the top species is more distantly related and shows numerous differences.
Credit: Susanne Renner
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