Methodological and biological considerations are intertwined when studying cryptic species. A potentially large component of modern biodiversity, the frequency of cryptic species among taxonomic groups is not well documented.
Caren P. Shin, Warren D. Allmon
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Cryptic species conservation: a review. [PDF]
ABSTRACTCryptic species are groups of two or more taxa that were previously classified as single nominal species. Being almost morphologically indistinguishable, cryptic species have historically been hard to detect. Only through modern morphometric, genetic, and molecular analyses has the hidden biodiversity of cryptic species complexes been revealed.
Hending D.
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A plant virus differentially alters DNA methylation in two cryptic species of a hemipteran vector [PDF]
Epigenetic patterns including DNA methylation are known to vary between distantly related species, but it is not clear how these patterns differ at an intraspecific level.
Michael A. Catto +6 more
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Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruzii, the main malaria vector in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is a complex of at least five cryptic species [PDF]
Malaria, a tropical disease caused by Plasmodium and transmitted by Anopheles, remains a public health concern in Brazil. While most cases occur in the Amazon, transmission persists in the Atlantic Forest, where Anopheles mosquitoes of the Kerteszia ...
Kamila Voges +11 more
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Cryptic biodiversity of freshwater fish species in Bangladesh.
Unrecognized cryptic species impede conservation planning and biodiversity assessments. DNA barcoding has tremendously expanded the number of novel and cryptic species in biological science.
Mahmudul Hasan +3 more
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Cryptic Species in Ecotoxicology
Abstract The advent of genetic methods has led to the discovery of an increasing number of species that previously could not be distinguished from each other on the basis of morphological characteristics. Even though there has been an exponential growth of publications on cryptic species, such species are rarely considered in ...
Jonas Jourdan +10 more
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Systematics and taxonomy are the backbone of all components of biology and ecology, yet cryptic species present a major challenge for accurate species identification.
Ada Chornelia +3 more
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DNA barcoding, ecology and geography of the cryptic species of Aneura pinguis and their relationships with Aneura maxima and Aneura mirabilis (Metzgeriales, Marchantiophyta). [PDF]
Aneura pinguis is a thalloid liverwort species with broad geographical distribution. It is composed of cryptic species, however, the number of cryptic species within A. pinguis is not known. Five cpDNA regions (matK, rbcL, rpoC1, trnH-psbA and trnL-trnF)
Alina Bączkiewicz +4 more
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Electronic identification keys for species with cryptic morphological characters: a feasibility study using some Thesium species [PDF]
The popularity of electronic identification keys for species identification has increased with the rapid technological advancements of the 21st century.
Natasha Lombard +2 more
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Cryptic species in putative ancient asexual darwinulids (Crustacea, Ostracoda). [PDF]
Fully asexually reproducing taxa lack outcrossing. Hence, the classic Biological Species Concept cannot be applied.We used DNA sequences from the mitochondrial COI gene and the nuclear ITS2 region to check species boundaries according to the evolutionary
Isa Schön +5 more
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