How to make an indentification machine
…to fish, have revealed hidden genetic divergences, in many cases leading to recognition of new species. In fact, DNA barcoding is fast way of screening existing collections for unrecognized species….
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Recognizing invasive insects threatening forests
…thereby creating a new silk-producing strain with improved disease resistance (for history, see US Forest Service page). The experiment failed (not surprising given moths are from different families), the colony…
Learning about lichens with DNA
…life forms and highlights a need for molecular methods. Several recent epidemics causing serious animal and plant mortality have turned out to be newly recongized fungi [including Batrochochytrium dendrobatidis (chytridiomycosis…
OneNOAA Science Seminar online
Mark Stoeckle presented recent eDNA work assessing marine fish diversity and abundance at OneNOAA Science Seminar Series on August 26, 2020. The recorded presentation and lively discussion is available online…
Taxonomy disentanglement
…two hierarchical levels above family), average and maximum distances are only 20% and 33%, respectively (I generated bird stats by merging public projects in BOLD and running “Distance Summary.”) I…
DNA Barcoding Prizes for first Nature, Science publications
…barcode library contains over 1 million records from over 100 thousand species, suggesting opportunities for new insights into large-scale patterns and processes in biodiversity. Yet so far relatively few papers…
Rapid data release for barcode data
…data release policies hammered out by the genomics community as a precedent. At a 1996 summit in Bermuda, leaders of the scientific community agreed on a groundbreaking set of principles…
Biological Sampling in the Deep Sea
…authors and especially the editors and their host institution, New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), merit thanks for a volume that advances our chances to excel…
Journal of Marine Science publishes our latest on eDNA protocols
…December 2020 entry: Fish abundance survey by eDNA published Thanks to our partners at Monmouth University, the New Jersey Bureau of Marine Fisheries, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration….
Worried taxonomists see future, declare it won’t work
…betting against technology is short-sighted. The authors Cameron, Rubinoff, and Will do allow that a database of 10 million species might be assembled for about $0.5 billion dollars, which would…