[HTML][HTML] Review and interpretation of trends in DNA barcoding

R DeSalle, P Goldstein - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Interpretations and analytical practices surrounding DNA barcoding are examined using a
compilation of 3,756 papers (as of December 31, 2018) with “DNA Barcode” in the abstract …

The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

MS Engel, LMP Ceríaco, GM Daniel… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
For almost 30 years, there have been active discussions about the taxonomic impediment
and the challenge this represents to address the current human-induced biodiversity crisis …

[HTML][HTML] Citizen science and online data: Opportunities and challenges for snake ecology and action against snakebite

AM Durso, RR de Castañeda, C Montalcini… - Toxicon: X, 2021 - Elsevier
The secretive behavior and life history of snakes makes studying their biology, distribution,
and the epidemiology of venomous snakebite challenging. One of the most useful, most …

The critical importance of vouchers in genomics

JC Buckner, RC Sanders, BC Faircloth, P Chakrabarty - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
A voucher is a permanently preserved specimen that is maintained in an accessible
collection. In genomics, vouchers serve as the physical evidence for the taxonomic …

[HTML][HTML] Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)

D Ahrens, ST Ahyong, A Ballerio, MVL Barclay… - Zootaxa, 2021 - biotaxa.org
New methods in taxonomy and systematics can influence the overall practice of formally
naming and describing biodiversity. DNA barcoding has been controversial since its …

[HTML][HTML] A gene-tree test of the traditional taxonomy of American deer: the importance of voucher specimens, geographic data, and dense sampling

EE Gutiérrez, KM Helgen, MM McDonough, F Bauer… - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The taxonomy of American deer has been established almost entirely on the basis of
morphological data and without the use of explicit phylogenetic methods; hence …

[HTML][HTML] No taxonomy needed: sponge functional morphologies inform about environmental conditions

CHL Schönberg - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
The need to study sponge communities in comparatively inaccessible habitats led to a
sponge classification system that relies on the strictly functional interpretation of traditional …

The Linz Zoocode project: a set of new proposals regarding the terminology, the Principles and Rules of zoological nomenclature. First report of activities (2014 …

A Dubois, AM BAUER, LMP Ceríaco, F Dusoulier… - Bionomina, 2019 - mapress.com
In July 2014, the international meeting “Burning questions and problems of zoological
nomenclature” was held in Linz (Austria). It acknowledged the presence in the current …

An integrative taxonomy of amphibians of Nepal: An updated status and distribution

JR Khatiwada, B Wang, T Zhao, F Xie… - Asian Herpetological …, 2021 - search.proquest.com
Amphibians are declining worldwide. At the same time, each year many species of
amphibians are described, indicating that biological diversity on Earth remains poorly …

The increasing disconnection of primary biodiversity data from specimens: how does it happen and how to handle it?

J Troudet, R Vignes-Lebbe, P Grandcolas… - Systematic …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Primary biodiversity data represent the fundamental elements of any study in systematics
and evolution. They are, however, no longer gathered as they used to be and the mass …