In early online J Zool Syst Evol Res researchers from Natural History Museum and Imperial College, London, scrutinize “recent advances in DNA taxonomy…that follow the dramatic increase in data generation“….
…predator movements in a dynamic ocean, earns wide attention, Nature, Published online 22 June 2011, doi:10.1038/nature10082 including in the Washington Post and the German language media, which also quote Jesse….
…this will help integrate DNA barcode data into traditional taxonomy. For practical use, diagnostic sequence differences may aid design of solid-state microarrays that detect species in environmental samples, such as…
…terms would constitute one of SimU’s most important benefits. The issues include: Capital investment vs. spending for current operations (spending vs. saving): policies governing financial capital (endowment, reserves), physical capital (facilities,…
Two papers in early online Mol Ecol Notes report large scale COI surveys of tropical bats and North American birds. In the first paper, Clare et al examined 840 specimens…
…Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and University of Tartu, Estonia, examined the taxonomic reliability of the 51,534 fungal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database (ie…
…a free online resource. With support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, scientists from many institutions including Field Museum of Natural…
…in retrospect unsurprising given the close morphological similarity of the two species. The fifth anomalous individual was diagnosed as a hybrid based on comparison of nuclear and mitochondrial sequences. The…
…names. One-third of herbal teas had ingredients not listed on the label–including weeds such as annual bluegrass and herbal plants such as chamomile. More on their Tea Barcode of Life…
…the Global Oceans on 22-25 January 2024 Jesse Ausubel, Ed Urban, and Peter Tyack updated the evaluation of the International Quiet Ocean Experiment. IQOE’s 12th Newsletter is now also online….