The species concept is the cornerstone of biodiversity science, and any paradigm shift in the
delimitation of species affects many research fields. Many biologists now are embracing a …

Approximately 20 years ago, Avise and colleagues proposed the integration of
phylogenetics and population genetics for investigating the connection between micro-and …

Motivation: Sequence-based methods to delimit species are central to DNA taxonomy,
microbial community surveys and DNA metabarcoding studies. Current approaches either …

DNA barcoding-type studies assemble single-locus data from large samples of individuals
and species, and have provided new kinds of data for evolutionary surveys of diversity. An …

Within uncharacterized groups, DNA barcodes, short DNA sequences that are present in a
wide range of species, can be used to assign organisms into species. We propose an …

The species problem has triggered the publication of an almost infinite number of theoretical
and practical studies, including quite a number of books. I should, therefore, perhaps briefly …

The issue of species delimitation has long been confused with that of species
conceptualization, leading to a half century of controversy concerning both the definition of …

Cataloging the very large number of undescribed species of insects could be greatly
accelerated by automated DNA based approaches, but procedures for large-scale species …

Abstract Spider: SPecies IDentity and Evolution in R is a new R package implementing a
number of useful analyses for DNA barcoding studies and associated research into species …

Delineating species boundaries correctly is crucial to the discovery of life's diversity because
it determines whether or not different individual organisms are members of the same entity …