Standard Percent DNA Sequence Difference for Insects Does Not Predict Species Boundaries

By A. Cognato. 2006

84 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Mark J. F. Brown
2. Alana Domingo
3. R. Paxton
4. Ú. Fitzpatrick
5. Y. Buckley
6. J. Stake
7. Cynthia Riginos
8. J. Neigel

In Insect Science

1. P. D. Barro
2. L. Cook
3. Mark J. F. Brown
4. R. Paxton
5. Ú. Fitzpatrick
6. A. Dinsdale
7. Y. Buckley
8. Cynthia Riginos

Citations in the corpus

• Cryptic species diversity in a widespread bumble bee complex revealed using mitochondrial DNA RFLPs (2008, methodology): “Furthermore, many authors have criticised the use of distance-based methods of species delimitation using DNA sequences due to the lack of integration with diagnostic characters used in classical taxonomy (DeSalle et al. 2005, DeSalle 2006) and the difficulty in standardising the percent sequence di”
• DNA barcoding as a tool for coral reef conservation (2007, background): “Other counter examples come from a study that examined pairs of closely related species from seven families of insects ( Cognato 2006 ).”
• Refined Global Analysis of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea: Aleyrodidae) Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase 1 to Identify Species Level Genetic Boundaries (2010, background): “Species delineation using a single gene is controversial (Moritz and Cicero 2004, Cognato 2006, Rubinoff 2006).”