The perils of DNA barcoding and the need for integrative taxonomy.

By K. Will, B. Mishler, Q. Wheeler. Systematic Biology, 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology

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The integrative future of taxonomy (2010, background): “Nonetheless, a general view has emerged that now is the time to construct a more "integrative taxonomy" that would accommodate new concepts and methods [36,37,39-41], and a considerable number of studies have already echoed the new term "integrative taxonomy" [28,31,4245].”
Intraspecific ITS Variability in the Kingdom Fungi as Expressed in the International Sequence Databases and Its Implications for Molecular Species Identification (2008, background): “Criticism has been raised against the barcoding community for not taking these matters seriously enough (Wheeler, 2004; Will et al. 2005; Meier et al. 2006), and the present study lends further weight to the importance of these claims.”
Unveiling cryptic species of the bumblebee subgenus Bombus s. str. worldwide with COI barcodes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (2012, methodology): “Our approach is distinct from the DNA Bar- coding Enterprise (sensu Ebach & Carvalho, 2010) and we aim to follow it up with studies integrating other character systems (Will et al., 2005).”
Multi-rate Poisson tree processes for single-locus species delimitation under maximum likelihood and Markov chain Monte Carlo (2016, background): “Molecular species delimitation has caused mixed reactions within the scientific community, from those highly enthusiastic about its potential to accelerate biodiversity cataloging (Blaxter, 2003; Blaxter and Floyd, 2003) to those very critical about its role in shaping modern systematics (Bauer et a”
Integrative taxonomy: a multisource approach to exploring biodiversity. (2010, background): “, fields of study, has been called combined (38), multidisciplinary (55), multidimensional (76), collaborative (18), or integrative (12, 15, 51, 62, 73) taxonomy.”
Diversity and evolution of Fusarium species in the Gibberella fujikuroi complex (2009, neutral): “The majority of the current GFC species definitions and descriptions are based on such polyphasic or integrative taxonomic approaches that incur-porate various types of data (Klittich et al ., 1997; Marasas et al ., 2001; Zeller et al ., 2003; Dayrat, 2005; Will et al ., 2005).”
DNA barcoding as a tool for coral reef conservation (2007, background): “DBC has been subject to a fair amount of criticism (e.g., Will and RubinoV 2004; Wheeler 2005; Will et al. 2005; RubinoV 2006).”
Integrative taxonomy, or iterative taxonomy? (2011, methodology): “For Will et al. (2005), integrative taxonomy gives primacy to morphological characters because of their greater complexity and presumed multigenic origin, which are thought to constitute a more secure basis for separating species than small fragments of DNA sequence.”
DNA barcoding and taxonomy in Diptera: a tale of high intraspecific variability and low identification success. (2006, methodology): “DNA sequences are already invaluable for many purposes and should be extensively used where needed (Armstrong and Ball, 2005; Birstein et al., 1998; Hebert et al., 2003a; Palumbi and Cipriano, 1998; Paquin and Hedin, 2004; Tautz et al., 2003; Will et al., 2005).”
Quantitative criteria for species delimitation (2010, background): “…the process by delimiting species en masse (Hebert et al. 2004), but barcodes cannot replace taxonomy for a variety of reasons, not least because they reflect a single locus or character (see Moritz & Cicero 2004, DeSalle et al. 2005, Meyer & Paulay 2005, Will et al. 2005, Elias et al. 2008).”
Forensic timber identification: It's time to integrate disciplines to combat illegal logging (2015, background): “DNA barcoding has been criticised in the past for seeking to circumvent the need for basic taxonomy when used for species discovery, however its use in specimen identification is widely accepted (Will et al., 2005).”
Recent advances in DNA taxonomy (2007, background): “Moritz and Cicero 2004; Wheeler 2004; Will et al. 2005 ).”