Food safety and quality are nowadays a major concern. Any case of food alteration,
especially when reported by the media, has a great impact on public opinion. There is an …

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-type studies assemble single-locus data from large samples of individuals
and species, and have provided new kinds of data for evolutionary surveys of diversity. An …

The ocean is a soup of its resident species' genetic material, cast off in the forms of
metabolic waste, shed skin cells, or damaged tissue. Sampling this environmental DNA …

In the last two decades, plant taxonomy has bloomed, following the development of a novel
technique, namely, DNA barcoding. DNA barcodes are standardized sequences, ideally …

Almost all empirical studies in ecology have to identify the species involved in the ecological
process under examination. DNA metabarcoding, which couples the principles of DNA …

The increasing popularity of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) DNA metabarcoding
warrants a careful look at the underlying reference databases used to make high-throughput …

Members of the Calliphoridae (blowflies) are significant for medical and veterinary
management, due to the ability of some species to consume living flesh as larvae, and for …

Biodiversity studies are commonly conducted using 18S rRNA genes. In this study, we
compared the inter-species divergence of variable regions (V1–9) within the copepod 18S …

Accurate estimates of genetic difference are required for research in evolutionary biology.
Here we extend the Kimura two-parameter (K2P) model by considering gaps (insertions …