The question poised by a consultant during a conversation, that would offend an lepidopterologist, is the key to answer another question: how do we fund more biodiversity molecular research? That is the conversation I had with Joe Lopez from the Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance – GIGA, whose global meeting starts next week. Most of the […]
The molecular identification of species can revolutionize ecology, making it more automated, scalable, accurate, precise, and robust. There are three main components that characterize an ecosystem: abiotic and biotic factors; energy flow and nutrient cycling. These components are organized hierarchically: abiotic factors are simpler than biotic factors, which in turn are simpler than energy flows […]
Every Species has DNA so it is reasonable to use DNA to identify every species The actual practice of using DNA sequences for systematics began to take shape in the 1970s and 1980s as DNA sequencing technology became more accessible to researchers. The seminal work was conducted by Cann et al., 1987 using mitochondrial DNA […]
“Biodiversity is nature itself – all living creatures and plants, and the ecosystems of which they form part. It is not only very important as a source of food, medicines, and natural resources, but also has great spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic significance.” Surprisingly, this isn’t the statement of a biologist or an environmental activist; it’s […]
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