WHAT to dna barcode?
The image above comes from this article in the open access journal Zookeys.
INSECTS!!!
We know that about 1.5 million species have been described by scientists since Carl Linnaeus introduced the binomial system of biological classification 250 years ago, although even this number is not known precisely. While we also know this number represents only a fraction of the species on Earth, which fraction remains very unclear. The number of species on Earth has been estimated as anywhere between 8 and 100 million; the enormous range of these estimates clearly exposes the sever lack of knowledge about biodiversity on our planet. We have written briefly about this subject here.
We have focused our efforts on insects, the largest taxonomic group (like those above). Our workshops specifically focus on methods for insects but could be used for other groups following some modifications.
We have reviewed the current status of DNA barcoding of insects in a new chapter in the 2nd Edition of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society.
Wilson JJ, Sing KW, Floyd RM, Hebert PDN. DNA barcodes and insect biodiversity. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118945568.ch17 (2017). In “Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society Volume 1, 2nd Edition” (Foottit RG & Adler PH, Eds.). Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford.
INSECTS!!!
We know that about 1.5 million species have been described by scientists since Carl Linnaeus introduced the binomial system of biological classification 250 years ago, although even this number is not known precisely. While we also know this number represents only a fraction of the species on Earth, which fraction remains very unclear. The number of species on Earth has been estimated as anywhere between 8 and 100 million; the enormous range of these estimates clearly exposes the sever lack of knowledge about biodiversity on our planet. We have written briefly about this subject here.
We have focused our efforts on insects, the largest taxonomic group (like those above). Our workshops specifically focus on methods for insects but could be used for other groups following some modifications.
We have reviewed the current status of DNA barcoding of insects in a new chapter in the 2nd Edition of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society.
Wilson JJ, Sing KW, Floyd RM, Hebert PDN. DNA barcodes and insect biodiversity. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118945568.ch17 (2017). In “Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society Volume 1, 2nd Edition” (Foottit RG & Adler PH, Eds.). Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford.