Myth of the molecule: DNA barcodes for species cannot replace morphology for identification and classification

By K. Will, Daniel Rubinoff. Cladistics, 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology

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What can biological barcoding do for marine biology? (2005, background): “Barcoding does not mean the end of morphological studies The philosophy of barcoding has been criticized on various grounds, and obvious problems have been pointed out (e.g. Seberg et al. 2003; Lipscomb et al. 2003; Lee 2004; Will & Rubinoff 2004).”
DNA Barcodes for Marine Biodiversity: Moving Fast Forward? (2010, background): “DNA barcoding was initially faced with great criticism [34-37] by people who feared that a universal DNA-based approach for species identification will gain exclusivity over traditional methods and taxonomists would go extinct while funding would be vacuumed by high-throughput facilities in order to”
DNA barcoding reveals new insights into the diversity of Antarctic species of Orchomene sensu lato (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea) (2011, methodology): “However, the DNA barcoding approach is not without controversy when it is considered as a tool for classification and identification (e.g., Lipscomb et al., 2003; Moritz and Cicero, 2004; Will and Rubinoff, 2004).”
DNA Barcoding, species delineation and taxonomy: a historical perspective (2015, neutral): “…sequences for taxonomy is not disputed, DNA barcoding has been controversial in some scientific circles based on the rationale that providing speeding up the inventory of living beings means simplifying procedures, so an integrative approach of taxonomy was needed rather than DNA barcoding [45-47].”
Molecular and morphological methods for identifying plankton: what makes a successful marriage? (2009, background): “…adequately trained taxonomists is insufficient and continues to shrink (Hebert et al., 2003), yet some have claimed that barcoding will inevitably lead to a DNA-only approach to systematics and a subsequent complete loss of human taxonomic expertise (Will and Rubinoff, 2004; DeSalle et al., 2005).”
Integrative inventory of Bolivia’s lowland anurans reveals hidden diversity (2011, background): “Will & Rubinoff 2004; Dayrat 2005; Meyer & Paulay 2005; Vogler & Monaghan 2006).”
New insights into the phylogeny, systematics and DNA barcoding of Nemertea (2014, background): “However, among other factors, the functionality of DNA barcoding is contingent on two presumptions: the presence of a high-coverage barcode database, and the presence, within any given group of organisms, of a wide DNA barcoding gap – the difference between the highest intraspecific variation and th”
Identifying earthworms through DNA barcodes (2007, background): “Critics of DNA barcoding object to abandoning the use of traditional morphological characteristics and argue that relying on a single mitochondrial gene region for identification can be misleading, particularly in the face of widespread mitochondrial polyphyly/paraphyly (Sperling 2003; Will and Rubi”
Standard Percent DNA Sequence Difference for Insects Does Not Predict Species Boundaries (2006, background): “0022-0493/06/1037Ð1045$04.00/0 2006 Entomological Society of America whether percent pairwise sequence divergence can be used solely to delimitate (group) or recognize (rank) species taxa (Nadler 2002, Will and Rubinoff 2004).”
The perils of DNA barcoding and the need for integrative taxonomy. (2005, background): “However, its utility is yet to be properly tested in the primary literature and methods remain primitive and unsound (Will and Rubinoff, 2004).”
DNA barcoding in land plants: evaluation of rbcL in a multigene tiered approach (2006, background): “Rather than turning taxonomists into ‘‘a high tech service industry’’ (Lipscomb et al. 2003; Will and Rubinoff 2004), barcoding would relieve them of a ‘‘low tech’’, time intensive service already provided.”
Molecular identification methods of fish species: reassessment and possible applications (2009, background): “This second proposition has led to condemnation, particularly concerning the concept of species (Mallet and Willmott 2003; Seberg et al. 2003; Will and Rubinoff 2004) and has revived the old controversy in systematics about the relative importance of DNA technology versus morphological traits…”
Coccidology. The study of scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) (2009, positive): “We agree with Kipling and Rubinoff (2004) in that an extremely well developed background knowledge of the taxa to be sampled and an a priori understanding of sequence variation among populations and individuals are needed in order to use properly the barcoding method. which allows users to obtain…”