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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2024

DNA Barcoding in Species Delimitation: From Genetic Distances to Integrative Taxonomy.

Aurélien Miralles, Nicolas Puillandre, Miguel Vences

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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Aurélien MirallesDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.
Nicolas PuillandreInstitut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Paris, France.
Miguel VencesDepartment of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany. m.vences@tu-braunschweig.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past two decades, DNA barcoding has become the most popular exploration approach in molecular taxonomy, whether for identification, discovery, delimitation, or description of species. The present contribution focuses on the utility of DNA barcoding for taxonomic research activities related to species delimitation, emphasizing the following aspects:(1) To what extent DNA barcoding can be a valuable ally for fundamental taxonomic research, (2) its methodological and theoretical limitations, (3) the conceptual background and practical use of pairwise distances between DNA barcode sequences in taxonomy, and (4) the different ways in which DNA barcoding can be combined with complementary means of investigation within a broader integrative framework. In this chapter, we recall and discuss the key conceptual advances that have led to the so-called renaissance of taxonomy, elaborate a detailed glossary for the terms specific to this discipline (see Glossary in Chap. 35 ), and propose a newly designed step-by-step species delimitation protocol starting from DNA barcode data that includes steps from the preliminary elaboration of an optimal sampling strategy to the final decision-making process which potentially leads to nomenclatural changes.

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DNA Barcoding, TaxonomicAnimalsClassificationPhylogenySpecies SpecificityBiological conceptsGray zone of speciationInventory of lifeMethodsProtocolSpecies formationSystematicsTerminology

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