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Looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans
Abstract. Species identification represents a pivotal component for large-scale biodiversity studies and conservation planning but represents a challenge for many taxa when using morphological traits only. Consequently, alternative identification methods based on molecular markers have been proposed...
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2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798245 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.6530 |
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author | Raupach, Michael J. Radulovici, Adriana E. |
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description | Abstract. Species identification represents a pivotal component for large-scale biodiversity studies and conservation planning but represents a challenge for many taxa when using morphological traits only. Consequently, alternative identification methods based on molecular markers have been proposed. In this context, DNA barcoding has become a popular and accepted method for the identification of unknown animals across all life stages by comparison to a reference library. In this review we examine the progress of barcoding studies for the Crustacea using the Web of Science data base from 2003 to 2014. All references were classified in terms of taxonomy covered, subject area (identification/library, genetic variability, species descriptions, phylogenetics, methods, pseudogenes/numts), habitat, geographical area, authors, journals, citations, and the use of the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD). Our analysis revealed a total number of 164 barcoding studies for crustaceans with a preference for malacostracan crustaceans, in particular Decapoda, and for building reference libraries in order to identify organisms. So far, BOLD did not establish itself as a popular informatics platform among carcinologists although it offers many advantages for standardized data storage, analyses and publication. |
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spelling | pubmed-47140552016-01-21 Looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans Raupach, Michael J. Radulovici, Adriana E. Zookeys Review Article Abstract. Species identification represents a pivotal component for large-scale biodiversity studies and conservation planning but represents a challenge for many taxa when using morphological traits only. Consequently, alternative identification methods based on molecular markers have been proposed. In this context, DNA barcoding has become a popular and accepted method for the identification of unknown animals across all life stages by comparison to a reference library. In this review we examine the progress of barcoding studies for the Crustacea using the Web of Science data base from 2003 to 2014. All references were classified in terms of taxonomy covered, subject area (identification/library, genetic variability, species descriptions, phylogenetics, methods, pseudogenes/numts), habitat, geographical area, authors, journals, citations, and the use of the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD). Our analysis revealed a total number of 164 barcoding studies for crustaceans with a preference for malacostracan crustaceans, in particular Decapoda, and for building reference libraries in order to identify organisms. So far, BOLD did not establish itself as a popular informatics platform among carcinologists although it offers many advantages for standardized data storage, analyses and publication. Pensoft Publishers 2015-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC4714055/ /pubmed/26798245 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.6530 Text en Michael J. Raupach, Adriana E. Radulovici http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Raupach, Michael J. Radulovici, Adriana E. Looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans |
title | Looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans |
title_full | Looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans |
title_fullStr | Looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans |
title_full_unstemmed | Looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans |
title_short | Looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans |
title_sort | looking back on a decade of barcoding crustaceans |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798245 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.6530 |
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