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 …

More than two third area of our planet is covered by oceans and assessment of marine
biodiversity is a challenging task. With the increasing global population, there is a tendency …

A DNA barcode is a short piece of DNA sequence used for species determination and
discovery. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS/ITS 2) region has been proposed as the …

'Biodiversity'means the variety of life and it can be studied at different levels (genetic,
species, ecosystem) and scales (spatial and temporal). Last decades showed that marine …

Animal‐based traditional medicine not only plays a significant role in therapeutic practices
worldwide but also provides a potential compound library for drug discovery. However …

We provide a DNA barcoding survey of Malagasy amphibians, including 251 of the 292
nominal species known to date, by complementing previous data with 280 newly determined …

Only a few major research programs are currently targeting COI barcoding of amphibians
and reptiles (including chelonians and crocodiles), two major groups of tetrapods …

The use of DNA analysis in forensic investigations into animal persecution and biodiversity
conservation is now commonplace and crimes such as illegal collection/smuggling …

The mitonuclear compatibility species concept defines a species as a population that is
genetically isolated from other populations by uniquely coadapted mitochondrial (mt) and …

DNA barcodes are regarded as hereditary succession codes that serve as a recognition
marker to address several queries relating to the identification, classification, community …