Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice

FE Rheindt, P Bouchard, RL Pyle… - PLoS …, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
Modern advances in DNA sequencing hold the promise of facilitating descriptions of new
organisms at ever finer precision but have come with challenges as the major Codes of …

Molecular phylogeny reveals distinct evolutionary lineages of the banded krait, Bungarusfasciatus (Squamata, Elapidae) in Asia

L Biakzuala, HT Lalremsanga, V Santra, A Dhara… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
The banded krait, Bungarus fasciatus is a widespread elapid snake, likely to comprise
several distinct species in different geographic regions of Asia. Therefore, based on …

Next‐generation species delimitation and taxonomy: implications for biogeography

M Vences, A Miralles, C Dufresnes - Journal of Biogeography, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
An accurate species‐level taxonomy is paramount for biogeographical research, and
conversely, biogeographical data are of importance for species delimitation. We here review …

Concatenator, a user-friendly program to concatenate DNA sequences, implementing graphical user interfaces for MAFFT and FastTree

M Vences, S Patmanidis, V Kharchev… - Bioinformatics …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Motivation Phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses require multi-gene input files in
different formats, but there are few user-friendly programs facilitating the workflow of …

Geometric morphometric versus genomic patterns in a large polyploid plant species complex

L Hodač, K Karbstein, S Tomasello, J Wäldchen… - Biology, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Plant species complexes with hybridization and asexual reproduction
often exhibit complex morphological patterns, which is problematic for classifications. Here …

The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist

A Zamani, D Dal Pos, ZF Fric, AB Orfinger… - Systematics and …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Roughly 18,000 species are described annually as new to science, while estimated
extinction rates are comparable to or even exceeding these new discoveries. Considering …

A DNA barcode reference library for endemic Ponto-Caspian amphipods

D Copilaş-Ciocianu, T Rewicz, AF Sands, D Palatov… - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Abstract The Ponto-Caspian region is an endemicity hotspot that harbours several
crustacean radiations, among which amphipods are the most diverse. These poorly known …

DNA barcoding in species delimitation: from genetic distances to integrative taxonomy

A Miralles, N Puillandre, M Vences - DNA barcoding: methods and …, 2024‏ - Springer
Over the past two decades, DNA barcoding has become the most popular exploration
approach in molecular taxonomy, whether for identification, discovery, delimitation, or …

Delimiting phylogeographic diversity in the genomic era: application to an Iberian endemic frog

C Dufresnes, J Ambu, P Galán… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
The rich genetic and phenotypic diversity of species complexes is best recognized through
formal taxonomic naming, but one must first assess the evolutionary history of …

mold, a novel software to compile accurate and reliable DNA diagnoses for taxonomic descriptions

A Fedosov, G Achaz, A Gontchar… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
DNA data are increasingly being used for phylogenetic inference, and taxon delimitation
and identification, but scarcely for the formal description of taxa, despite their undisputable …