The internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) is a well-established marker for phylogenetic
analyses in eukaryotes. A reliable resource for reference sequences and their secondary …

Secondary structures of RNA sequences are increasingly being used as additional
information in reconstructing phylogenies and/or in distinguishing species by compensatory …

The original description of Aedes Meigen in 1818, written in Latin, was very brief and
included a single species, Aedes cinereus. In the last two decades the genus Aedes …

Background Taxonomy that utilizes morphological characteristics has been the gold
standard method to identify mosquito species. However, morphological identification is …

The fungal diversity associated with leaves, flowers and fruits of olive (Olea europaea) was
investigated in different phenological stages (May, June, October and December) using an …

Monitoring biodiversity is a growing and pressing challenge, particularly as climate change
threatens species with extinction and leads to widespread shifts in plant distribution and …

Compensatory base changes (CBCs) in internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) rDNA
secondary structures correlate with Ernst Mayr's biological species concept. This hypothesis …

An ideal DNA barcoding region should be short enough to be amplified from degraded DNA.
In this paper, we discuss the possibility of using a short nuclear DNA sequence as a barcode …

The definition of species plays a pivotal role in biology. It has been proposed that
Compensatory Base Changes (CBCs) in the fast-evolving Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 …

A recent (February 2014) mass mortality of fishes was observed in the cage-farming region
of the West Johor Strait of Malaysia, involving over four different species of cultured fishes …