Fontaneto, Diego and Eckert, Ester M. and Anicic, Nikoleta and Lara, Enrique and Mitchell, Edward A. D. (2018) We are ready for faunistic surveys of bdelloid rotifers through DNA barcoding: the example of Sphagnum bogs of the Swiss Jura Mountain. Limnetica, 38 (1). pp. 213-225.
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The identification of biological diversity through DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of the organisms living in the field has the potential to revolutionise the way biological surveys and monitoring are performed. Yet, we still do not know if the current representativeness of the reference database of DNA sequence data is sufficient to allow such approaches. Here, we show that, at least for bdelloid rotifers (Metazoa; Rotifera; Bdelloidea) in Europe, current knowledge is ripe to perform such surveys. We show the results of an exercise performed on bdelloid rotifers in Sphagnum bogs of the Swiss Jura Mountain. The results of DNA-based identifications were rather consistent with the morphology-based identifications, and the few cases of mismatch could be used as a cautionary tale to avoid potential misinterpretations of results. The mismatches were due to cases of the closest match not being genetically very close, and to the occurrence of cryptic species.
Item Type: | Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article |
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Subjects: | Biological Sciences > Zoology Biological Sciences > Genetics Biological Sciences > Microbiology |
Department/unit: | Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design > Istituto microbiologia |
Depositing User: | Nikoleta Anicic |
Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2022 05:41 |
Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2022 05:46 |
URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/13151 |
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