Biodiversity of Philippine marine fishes: A DNA barcode reference library based on voucher specimens

KE Bemis, MG Girard, MD Santos, KE Carpenter… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Accurate identification of fishes is essential for understanding their biology and to ensure
food safety for consumers. DNA barcoding is an important tool because it can verify …

Molecular phylogeny of the threadfin fishes (Polynemidae) using ultraconserved elements

MG Girard, MP Davis, CC Baldwin, A Dettaï… - Journal of Fish …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Threadfins (Teleostei: Polynemidae) are a group of fishes named for their
elongated and threadlike pectoral‐fin rays. These fishes are commonly found in the world's …

Cusk-eel confusion: revisions of larval Luciobrotula and Pycnocraspedum and re-descriptions of two bythitid larvae (Ophidiiformes)

MG Girard, BC Mundy, A Nonaka, GD Johnson - Ichthyological Research, 2023 - Springer
Since 2006, an ophidiiform larva with an ovoid body, elongate anterior dorsal-fin ray, and
long trailing fleshy filament has been identified as Pycnocraspedum squamipinne. Similarly …

Identifying complex DNA contamination in pig-footed bandicoots helps to clarify an anomalous ecological transition

MJ Phillips, M Cascini, M Celik - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Our understanding of the biology of the extinct pig-footed bandicoots (Chaeropus) has been
substantially revised over the past two decades by both molecular and morphological …

Systematic position of the Clicking Frog (Kassinula Laurent, 1940), the problem of chimeric sequences and the revised classification of the family Hyperoliidae

T Nečas, J Kielgast, ZT Nagy, ZK Chifundera… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The systematics of the African frog family Hyperoliidae has undergone turbulent changes in
last decades. Representatives of several genera have not been genetically investigated or …

[PDF][PDF] Identifying Complex DNA Contamination in Pig-Footed Bandicoots Helps to Clarify an Anomalous Ecological Transition. Diversity 2022, 14, 352

MJ Phillips, M Cascini, M Celik - 2022 - academia.edu
Our understanding of the biology of the extinct pig-footed bandicoots (Chaeropus) has been
substantially revised over the past two decades by both molecular and morphological …