Journal of Heredity 2003:94(2)
© 2003 The American Genetic Association 94:111-114
DNA Surveillance: Web-Based Molecular Identification of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises
From the School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
Address correspondence to H. A. Ross at the address above, or e-mail: h.ross{at}auckland.ac.nz.
DNA Surveillance is a Web-based application that assists in the identification of the species and population of unknown specimens by aligning user-submitted DNA sequences with a validated and curated data set of reference sequences. Phylogenetic analyses are performed and results are returned in tree and table format summarizing the evolutionary distances between the query and reference sequences. DNA Surveillance is implemented with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequences representing the majority of recognized cetacean species. Extensions of the system to include other gene loci and taxa are planned. The service, including instructions and sample data, is available at http://www.dna-surveillance.auckland.ac.nz.
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