Álvaro Fueyo

Filter possible NUMTS from BOLDigger assignments

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It is possible that in the metabarcoding amplification process not only the mitochondrial gene [but also nuclear copies of that gene were amplified](https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1000834). And they can lead to false positive...

Many records in the BOLD System have in their specific epithet information that does not correspond exactly to the species name. e.g.: sp. a AK-2021, sp. (Johor), communis A1A2, cf....