Evaluation of DNA barcoding reference databases for marine species in the western and central Pacific Ocean [PDF]
PeerJDNA barcoding is a widely used tool for species identification, with its reliability heavily dependent on reference databases. While the quality of these databases has long been debated, a critical knowledge gap remains in their comprehensive evaluation ...
Yufei Zhou +5 more
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Evaluating detection limits of next-generation sequencing for the surveillance and monitoring of international marine pests [PDF]
, 2013 Most surveillance programmes for marine invasive species (MIS) require considerable taxonomic expertise, are laborious, and are unable to identify species at larval or juvenile stages.
Bott, Nathan J. +3 more
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A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus mayr and Odontomachus latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Species inventories are essential for documenting global diversity and generating necessary material for taxonomic study and conservation planning.
Brian L Fisher, M Alex Smith
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Assessment of four molecular markers as potential DNA barcodes for red algae Kappaphycus Doty and Eucheuma J. Agardh (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 DNA barcoding has been a major advancement in the field of taxonomy, seeing much effort put into the barcoding of wide taxa of organisms, macro and microalgae included.
Ji Tan +5 more
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Choosing and using a plant DNA barcode. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The main aim of DNA barcoding is to establish a shared community resource of DNA sequences that can be used for organismal identification and taxonomic clarification.
Peter M Hollingsworth +2 more
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Marine nematode taxonomy in the DNA age: the present and future of molecular tools to access their biodiversity [PDF]
, 2010 Molecular taxonomy is one of the most promising yet challenging fields of biology. Molecular markers such as nuclear and mitochondrial genes are being used in a variety of studies surveying marine nematode taxa.
da Silva, Maria Cristina +7 more
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Tackling critical parameters in metazoan meta-barcoding experiments: a preliminary study based on coxI DNA barcode [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Nowadays DNA meta-barcoding is a powerful instrument capable of quickly discovering the biodiversity of an environmental sample by integrating the DNA barcoding approach with High Throughput Sequencing technologies.
Bachir Balech +13 more
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Identification of rays through DNA barcoding: an application for ecologists. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 DNA barcoding potentially offers scientists who are not expert taxonomists a powerful tool to support the accuracy of field studies involving taxa that are diverse and difficult to identify.
Florencia Cerutti-Pereyra +5 more
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DNA Barcoding Diatoms From China With Multiple Genes
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Diatoms play a key role in water quality assessments and algae bloom. However, taxonomic confusion often exists for diatoms, and morphological characters are extremely diverse for species identification.
Shanmei Zou +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 The Southeast Pacific comprises two Large Marine Ecosystems, the Pacific Central-American Coastal and the Humboldt Current System; and is one of the less well known in the tropical subregions in terms of biodiversity.
Jorge L Ramirez +7 more
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