Biodiversity loss from disturbances caused by human activities means that species are
disappearing at an ever increasing rate. The high number of species that have yet to be …

DNA barcoding has greatly accelerated the pace of specimen identification to the species
level, as well as species delineation. Whereas the application of DNA barcoding to the …

Motivation: TCS is a widely used haplotype network reconstruction software, but lacks the
capability of overlap** genetic with geographic structure, which is often a first step in …

Given the problems of species delimitation in algae using morphology or sexual
compatibility, molecular data are becoming the standard for delimiting species and testing …

Background Although polychaetes are one of the dominant taxa in marine communities,
their distributions and taxonomic diversity are poorly understood. Recent studies have …

DNA-based species delimitation may be compromised by limited sampling effort and
species rarity, including “singleton” representatives of species, which hampers estimates of …

Southern Ocean biodiversity reflects past climate, oceanographic, and tectonic changes.
Molecular data from contemporary populations carry signatures of these processes. Here …

DNA barcoding is a recent and widely used molecular-based identification system that aims
to identify biological specimens, and to assign them to a given species. However, DNA …

Background Wolbachia is one of the most widespread bacteria on Earth. Previous research
on Wolbachia-host interactions indicates that the bacterium is typically transferred vertically …

Background Many marine meiofaunal species are reported to have wide distributions, which
creates a paradox considering their hypothesized low dispersal abilities. Correlated with this …