Toward a global reference database of COI barcodes for marine zooplankton

A Bucklin, KTCA Peijnenburg, KN Kosobokova… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Characterization of species diversity of zooplankton is key to understanding,
assessing, and predicting the function and future of pelagic ecosystems throughout the …

The campaign to DNA barcode all fishes, FISH‐BOL

RD Ward, R Hanner, PDN Hebert - Journal of fish biology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
FISH‐BOL, the Fish Barcode of Life campaign, is an international research collaboration that
is assembling a standardized reference DNA sequence library for all fishes. Analysis is …

Large variation in the ratio of mitochondrial to nuclear mutation rate across animals: implications for genetic diversity and the use of mitochondrial DNA as a molecular …

R Allio, S Donega, N Galtier… - Molecular biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
It is commonly assumed that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolves at a faster rate than
nuclear DNA (nuDNA) in animals. This has contributed to the popularity of mtDNA as a …

A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the 'Acropora tenuis' (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex

TCL Bridge, PF Cowman, AM Quattrini… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Molecular phylogenetics has fundamentally altered our understanding of the taxonomy,
systematics and biogeography of corals. Recently developed phylogenomic techniques …

Phylogenomics, origin, and diversification of Anthozoans (Phylum Cnidaria)

CS McFadden, AM Quattrini, MR Brugler… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Anthozoan cnidarians (corals and sea anemones) include some of the world's most
important foundation species, capable of building massive reef complexes that support …

Barcoding animal life: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 divergences among closely related species

PDN Hebert, S Ratnasingham… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - royalsocietypublishing.org
With millions of species and their life-stage transformations, the animal kingdom provides a
challenging target for taxonomy. Recent work has suggested that a DNA-based identification …

GenBank is a reliable resource for 21st century biodiversity research

M Leray, N Knowlton, SL Ho… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Traditional methods of characterizing biodiversity are increasingly being supplemented and
replaced by approaches based on DNA sequencing alone. These approaches commonly …

Advances in DNA metabarcoding for food and wildlife forensic species identification

M Staats, AJ Arulandhu, B Gravendeel… - Analytical and …, 2016 - Springer
Species identification using DNA barcodes has been widely adopted by forensic scientists
as an effective molecular tool for tracking adulterations in food and for analysing samples …

DNA barcoding of marine metazoa

A Bucklin, D Steinke… - Annual review of marine …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
More than 230,000 known species representing 31 metazoan phyla populate the world's
oceans. Perhaps another 1,000,000 or more species remain to be discovered. There is …

Coral—the world's most diverse symbiotic ecosystem

LL Blackall, B Wilson, MJH Van Oppen - Molecular ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Zooxanthellate corals (ie those harbouring Symbiodinium) are the main builders of the
world's shallow‐water marine coral reefs. They represent intimate diverse symbioses …