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DNA Barcoding Marine Biodiversity: Steps from Mere Cataloguing to Giving Reasons for Biological Differences
Tekijät: Mikko Nikinmaa, Miriam Götting
Toimittaja: Bourlat, Sarah J.
Kustannuspaikka: New York, USA
Julkaisuvuosi: 2016
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Marine Genomics: Methods and Protocols
Sarjan nimi: Methods in Molecular Biology
Numero sarjassa: 1452
Vuosikerta: 1452
Aloitussivu: 169
Lopetussivu: 182
Sivujen määrä: 14
ISBN: 978-1-4939-3774-1
eISBN: 978-1-4939-3774-5
ISSN: 1064-3745
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3774-5_11
DNA barcoding has become a useful tool in many contexts and has opened up a completely new avenue for taxonomy. DNA barcoding has its widest application in biodiversity and ecological research to detect and describe diversity whenever morphological discrimination is difficult or impossible (e.g., in the case of species lacking diagnostic characters, early life stages, or cryptic species). In this chapter, we outline the utility of including physiological parameters as part of species description in publicly available databases that catalog taxonomic information resulting from barcoding projects. Cryptic species or different life stages of a species often differ in their physiological traits. Thus, if physiological aspects were included in species definitions, the presently cryptic species could be distinguished. We furthermore give suggestions for physiological information that should be included in a species description and describe potential applications of DNA barcoding for research with physiological components.