The devil is in the details: Problems in DNA barcoding practices indicated by systematic evaluation of insect barcodes

Z Cheng, Q Li, J Deng, Q Liu, X Huang - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, DNA barcoding has rapidly developed as a powerful tool in taxonomy,
demonstrating its value in species identification and discovery of cryptic diversity. The …

Character-based DNA barcoding allows discrimination of genera, species and populations in Odonata

J Rach, R DeSalle, IN Sarkar… - … of the Royal …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
DNA barcoding has become a promising means for identifying organisms of all life stages.
Currently, phenetic approaches and tree-building methods have been used to define …

A molecular‐based identification resource for the arthropods of Finland

T Roslin, P Somervuo, M Pentinsaari… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To associate specimens identified by molecular characters to other biological knowledge,
we need reference sequences annotated by Linnaean taxonomy. In this study, we (1) report …

Myth of the molecule: DNA barcodes for species cannot replace morphology for identification and classification

KW Will, D Rubinoff - Cladistics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
So‐called DNA barcodes have recently been proposed to answer the problem of specimen
identification and to quantify global biodiversity. We show that this proposition is wanting in …

Complete DNA barcode reference library for a country's butterfly fauna reveals high performance for temperate Europe

V Dincă, EV Zakharov… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
DNA barcoding aims to accelerate species identification and discovery, but performance
tests have shown marked differences in identification success. As a consequence, there …

DNA barcoding of tropical black flies (D iptera: S imuliidae) of T hailand

P Pramual, PH Adler - Molecular Ecology Resources, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The ecological and medical importance of black flies drives the need for rapid and reliable
identification of these minute, structurally uniform insects. We assessed the efficiency of DNA …

[PDF][PDF] DNA barcodes on their own are not enough to describe a species.

A Zamani, ZF Fric, HF Gante, T Hopkins… - Systematic …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Earth's biodiversity is still so poorly known that only about two million (Bánki et al., 2021) of
the estimated nine million or more eukaryotic species (Larsen et al., 2017; Mora et al., 2011) …

Barcoding aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of the Korean Peninsula: updating the global data set

W Lee, H Kim, J Lim, HRAN CHOI, Y Kim… - Molecular Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
DNA barcode (mitochondrial COI) sequences are provided for species identification of
aphids from the Korean Peninsula. Most (98%) of the 154 species had distinct COI …

DNA barcoding Central Asian butterflies: increasing geographical dimension does not significantly reduce the success of species identification

VA Lukhtanov, A Sourakov… - Molecular ecology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
DNA barcoding employs short, standardized gene regions (5'segment of mitochondrial
cytochrome oxidase subunit I for animals) as an internal tag to enable species identification …

DNA barcodes: genes, genomics, and bioinformatics

WJ Kress, DL Erickson - Proceedings of the National …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
DNA barcoding (a tool for rapid species identification based on DNA sequences) and
genomics (which compares entire genome structure and expression) share an emphasis on …