The expanding role of DNA barcodes: Indispensable tools for ecology, evolution, and conservation

MR Gostel, WJ Kress - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
DNA barcoding has transformed the fields of ecology, evolution, and conservation by
providing a rapid and effective tool for species identification. The growth of DNA barcodes as …

Coming of age for COI metabarcoding of whole organism community DNA: towards bioinformatic harmonisation

TJ Creedy, C Andújar… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metabarcoding of DNA extracted from community samples of whole organisms (whole
organism community DNA, wocDNA) is increasingly being applied to terrestrial, marine and …

Environment and host identity structure communities of green algal symbionts in lichens

F Dal Grande, G Rolshausen, PK Divakar… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An understanding of how biotic interactions shape species' distributions is central to
predicting host–symbiont responses under climate change. Switches to locally adapted …

DNA barcodes and morphology reveal unrecognized species in Chironomidae (Diptera)

XL Lin, E Stur, T Ekrem - Insect Systematics & Evolution, 2018 - brill.com
For over a decade, DNA barcoding has proven an effective modern tool in taxonomy,
evolutionary biology and biodiversity research. Many new species have been discovered …

Dark ophiuroid biodiversity in a prospective abyssal mine field

M Christodoulou, TD O'hara, AF Hugall, PM Arbizu - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
The seafloor contains valuable mineral resources, including polymetallic (or manganese)
nodules that form on offshore abyssal plains. The largest and most commercially attractive …

From writing to reading the encyclopedia of life

PDN Hebert, PM Hollingsworth… - … Transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Prologue 'As the study of natural science advances, the language of scientific description
may be greatly simplified and abridged. This has already been done by Linneaus and may …

DROP: Molecular voucher database for identification of Drosophila parasitoids

CH Lue, ML Buffington, S Scheffer… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular identification is increasingly used to speed up biodiversity surveys and laboratory
experiments. However, many groups of organisms cannot be reliably identified using …

Comparing Sanger sequencing and high-throughput metabarcoding for inferring photobiont diversity in lichens

F Paul, J Otte, I Schmitt, F Dal Grande - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The implementation of HTS (high-throughput sequencing) approaches is rapidly changing
our understanding of the lichen symbiosis, by uncovering high bacterial and fungal diversity …

Advances and challenges in barcoding pathogenic and environmental Leptospira

V Guernier, KJ Allan, C Goarant - Parasitology, 2018 - cambridge.org
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease of global importance. A large spectrum of
asymptomatic animal hosts can carry the infection and contribute to the burden of human …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying caterpillar-ant symbioses

NE Pierce, E Dankowicz - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Larvae of at least 30 butterfly and moth clades associate with ants.•Lycaenid and
riodinid caterpillars range from mutualists to parasites of ants.•Modifications of a suite of 'ant …