The unprecedented amount of data resulting from next-generation sequencing has opened
a new era in phylogenetic estimation. Although large datasets should, in theory, increase …

The philosophical basis and utility of DNA barcoding have been a subject of numerous
debates. While most literature embraces it, some studies continue to question its use in …

The genus Dalbergia contains many valuable timber species threatened by illegal logging
and deforestation, but knowledge on distributions and threats is often limited and accurate …

Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) is frequently used for species demography, evolution, and
species discrimination of plants. However, the lack of efficient and universal markers often …

Background Specific fragments, coming from short portions of DNA (eg, mitochondrial,
nuclear, and plastid sequences), have been defined as DNA Barcode and can be used as …

Nujiang River (NR), an essential component of the biodiversity hotspot of the Mountains of
Southwest China, possesses a characteristic fish fauna and contains endemic species …

Cryptic species are a common phenomenon in cosmopolitan marine species. The use of
molecular tools has often uncovered cryptic species occupying a fraction of the geographic …

Feature selection methods are used in machine learning and data analysis to select a
subset of features that may be successfully used in the construction of a model for the data …

Each holotype specimen provides the only objective link to a particular Linnean binomen.
Sequence information from them is increasingly valuable due to the growing usage of DNA …

Accurate identification of unknown specimens by means of DNA barcoding is contingent on
the presence of a DNA barcoding gap, among other factors, as its absence may result in …