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Nature 447, 775 (14 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/447775b; Published online 13 June 2007
Leeches underline the need for linnaean taxonomy
U. Kutschera1
- Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, D-34109 Kassel, Germany
SIR — Your Research Highlight 'Identity crisis' (Nature 446, 834; 2007) notes that DNA barcoding data revealed that most commercially available medicinal leeches marketed as Hirudo medicinalis are actually H. verbana and that these annelids are distinct species.
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