Undisciplined thinking: morphology and Hennig’s unfinished revolution

By Q. Wheeler. 2008

94 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. H. Pohl
2. R. Roy
3. A. Yassin
4. J. Gibbs
5. F. Friedrich
6. Christian J. Schwarz
7. R. Beutel
8. R. Hołyński

In Paleontology

1. R. Roy
2. A. Yassin
3. T. Hörnschemeyer
4. J. Gibbs
5. Christian J. Schwarz
6. R. Beutel
7. R. Hołyński

In Plant Science

1. R. Roy
2. A. Yassin
3. J. Gibbs
4. Christian J. Schwarz
5. R. Hołyński

Citations in the corpus

• Taxonomy and the mediocrity of DNA barcoding - some remarks on Packer et al. 2009: DNA barcoding and the mediocrity of morphology (2010, background): “And this is the problem! If molecular biologists do earnestly wish the acceleration of biodiversity studies, they should immediately switch by 1800 from proclaiming “mediocrity of morphology” to joining the ‘traditional taxonomists’ in the call for more jobs, more funds, more opportunities for those”
• Integrative taxonomy identifies new (and old) species in the Lasioglossum (Dialictus) tegulare (Robertson) species group (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) (2009, methodology): “DNA barcodes are increasingly becoming a standard tool used by taxonomists (e.g. Van Nieukerken 2007; Pyle et al. 2008; Gibbs in press; Gibbs & Sheffield in press) but the method continues to be criticized in the literature (Rubinoff et al, 2007; Wheeler 2008).”
• The systematics of Mantodea revisited: an updated classification incorporating multiple data sources (Insecta: Dictyoptera) (2019, background): “We think that only complementary techniques may yield satisfying results in this group of insects where relationships are obscured by highly variable morphologies, and homoplasies are the rule rather than the exception (see Wheeler 2008).”
• Insect morphology in the age of phylogenomics: innovative techniques and its future role in systematics (2014, background): “However, it was demonstrated by Wheeler (2008) that even when morphological parts of combined matrices are seemingly dwarfed by the sheer number of informative sites in extensive molecular data sets (e.g. 775 genes in Meusemann et al. (2010)), they still can have a substantial impact on the…”
• Phylogenetic classification of the Drosophilidae Rondani (Diptera): the role of morphology in the postgenomic era (2013, background): “This is mostly true because diagnostic characters – which are the essence of taxonomic nomenclature – should be able to be verified on conserved type specimens (Knapp et al., 2004; Wheeler, 2004, 2008; DeSalle et al., 2005).”