Assessment of four DNA fragments (COI, 16S rDNA, ITS2, 12S rDNA) for species identification of the Ixodida (Acari: Ixodida)

Table 3 Statistical analyses to evaluate how the DNA fragments influenced correct species identification success rates

DNA fragments	COI	16S rDNA	ITS2	12S rDNA
Rates of species identification success (±SE)	0.9527 ± 0.0327^a	0.9326 ± 0.0399^b	0.9556 ± 0.0106^c	0.9490 ± 0.0365^d

In the Duncan’s multiple range test, columns with different superscripted letters (a, b, c and d) indicate significant difference at P=0.05 between mean values; no significant difference was seen between mean values with the same superscript.

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