…Scope of Global Change to Include Illumination and Noise.Β The essay’s recommendation for consideration of an International Quiet Ocean Experiment earns coverage by Mike Seccombe in the Martha’s Vineyard Gazette…
…Just as we need regularly updated maps for safe navigation, we need regularly updated genetic databases for accurate identifications. One of the strengths of GenBank is that it serves as…
…re-examine taxonomic identifications and sequence data is just as important as the availability of voucher specimens. Two other recent papers on blowfly identification with mitochondrial DNA showed incomplete resolution at…
Just as DNA analysis regularly overturns seemingly solid eyewitness identifications in crime investigations, routine DNA analysis can also help biologists avoid blunders. In 28 August 2007 Mol Ecol, researchers from…
This paper is dedicated to Cesare Marchetti, who lit the path. Our environmental problem started long ago when the Judeo-Christian God instructed Adam and Eve to go forth and multiply….
As Dirk Steinke’s recent blog post demonstrated, since the seminal 2003 Proc Royal Soc London B Biol Sci paper by Hebert, Cywinska, Ball, and DeWaard, barcoders around the world have…
…not meet their 98% match criteria when compared to BOLD. There was much better success recovering DNA from dry samples (70%) than from samples collected with a wet paper towel…
…nearest bacterial relatives Rickettsia sp) and encodes just 13 proteins, all of which function in the electron transport chain, plus 2 ribosomal RNAs and approximately 20 tRNAs. Multiple protein-protein interactions…
…with less harm to the environment has long moderated human impact. Does recent experience justify hope for sustaining this beneficial dematerialization, especially the decarbonization of national and global carbon emission?…
…$100, and GPS technology is cheap enough and small enough to be a commonplace add-on to cell phones and PDAs. At the start, few could have recognized how ubiquitous GPS…