Over the last three decades, mitochondrial DNA has been the most popular marker of
molecular diversity, for a combination of technical ease‐of‐use considerations, and …

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 …

John Dupré explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their
relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and …

Forensic entomology is the science of collecting and analysing insect evidence to aid in
forensic investigations. Its main application is in the determination of the minimum time since …

Nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) are nonfunctional copies of mtDNA in the
nucleus that have been found in major clades of eukaryotic organisms. They can be easily …

Eight years after DNA barcoding was formally proposed on a large scale, CO1 sequences
are rapidly accumulating from around the world. While studies to date have mostly targeted …

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 …

This study presents DNA barcode records for 4118 specimens representing 561 species of
bees belonging to the six families of A poidea (A ndrenidae, A pidae, C olletidae, H alictidae …

DNA barcodes, like traditional sources of taxonomic information, are potentially powerful
heuristics in the identification of described species but require mindful analytical …

Inherited microorganisms that manipulate the reproduction of their host are a common
feature in arthropod biology. Although research initially concentrated on why these …