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Nomenclature for the Nameless: A Proposal for an Integrative Molecular Taxonomy of Cryptic Diversity Exemplified by Planktonic Foraminifera.
Systematic biology - 1 Sept 2016
Morard Raphaël, Escarguel Gilles, Weiner Agnes K M, André Aurore, Douady Christophe J, Wade Christopher M, Darling Kate F, Ujiié Yurika, Seears Heidi A, Quillévéré Frédéric, de Garidel-Thoron Thibault, de Vargas Colomban, Kucera Michal
Abstract excerpt
Investigations of biodiversity, biogeography, and ecological processes rely on the identification of "species" as biologically significant, natural units of evolution. In this context, morphotaxonomy only provides an adequate level of resolution if reproductive isolation matches morphological divergence. In many groups of organisms, morphologically defined species often disguise considerable genetic diversity,...
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