@misc{10481/76662,
year = {2022},
month = {8},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/76662},
abstract = {DNA barcode reference libraries are now continuously produced for the tree of life, which are essential
pillars for the study of biological diversity. Yet, our knowledge about global diversity is largely limited
in undersampled regions such as the largest warm desert, the Sahara-Sahel. This dataset provides a
DNA barcode reference library for the reptiles of the Western Sahara-Sahel (WSS) and neighbouring
countries across this region. It includes 760 barcodes from 133 reptile taxa, distributed in 23 families,
and covering the intraspecific diversity of some species. A total of 84 species were collected in the WSS
(83% of the total reptile species richness) over 18 overland field expeditions conducted since 2003.
DNA barcodes resulted in a high success rate (95%) of species identification and barcoding gap analysis
highlighted the effectiveness of the COI fragment as a barcode marker for the WSS reptiles. This
dataset represents a comprehensive and reliable DNA reference library for the WSS, filling an important
biodiversity gap across a remote and hard-to-sample region.},
organization = {National Geographic Society	CRE-7629-04	
CRE-8412-08	
GEFNE-53-12},
organization = {Mohammed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund	11052709	
11052707	
13257467},
organization = {Rufford Foundation	SG-15399-1	
SG-17893-1},
organization = {Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
European Commission	FCT: PTDC/BIA-BEC/099934/2008	
PTDC/BIA-BIC/2903/2012},
organization = {FEDER through COMPETE-Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors	FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-008917	
FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-028276},
organization = {Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)	AGRIGEN-NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000007},
organization = {Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
European Commission	UIDB/50027/2020	
CEECINST/00014/2018/CP1512/CT0001	
DL57/2016/CP1440/CT0010	
CEECIND/00937/2018	
IF/01425/2014	
SFRH/BD/140348/2018},
organization = {Spanish Government},
organization = {European Commission	RYC-2019-026959-I/AEI/10.13039/501100011033},
publisher = {Nature},
title = {DNA barcode reference library for the West Sahara-Sahel reptiles},
doi = {10.1038/s41597-022-01582-1},
author = {Velo Antón, Guillermo and Pleguezuelos Gómez, Juan Manuel},
}