Biondo, Girolama and Armeri, Grazia Maria and Bennici, Carmelo Daniele and Nicosia, Aldo and Tagliavia, Marcello and Maneiro, Isabel and Torri, Marco and Masullo, Tiziana and Monastero, Calogera and Di Natale, Marilena Vita and Mangiaracina, Francesca and Giaramita, Nicola and Maggio, Teresa and Lo Brutto, Sabrina and Arculeo, Marco and Mazzola, Salvatore and Cuttitta, Angela (2016) DNA Barcoding as a tool for Zoological Taxonomy: Identification of bony fish in the Mediterranean Sea. Technical Report. IAMC-CNR, Capo Granitola. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
The description of all the species present in nature is a vast task to be fulfilled by using the classical approach of morphological description of the organisms. In recent years, the traditional taxonomy, based primarily on identification keys of species, has shown a number of limitations in the use of the distinctive features in many animal taxa and inconsistencies with the genetic data. Furthermore, the increasing need to get a true estimate of biodiversity has led Zoological Taxonomy to seek new approaches and methodologies to support the traditional methods. The classification procedure has added modern criteriasuch as the evolutionary relationships and the genetic, biochemical and morphological characteristics of the organisms.Until now the Linnean binomial was the only abbreviated code associated with the description of the morphology of a species. The new technologies aim to achieve a short nucleotide sequence of the DNA to be used as an unique and solely label for a particular species, a specific genetic barcode. For both morphological and genetic approaches, skills and experience are required. Taxonomy is one of zoological disciplines that has been benefited from the achievements reached by modern molecular biotechnology. Using a molecular approach it is possible to identify cryptic species, to establish a family relationship between species and their membership of taxonomic categories or to reconstruct the evolutionary history of a taxon.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Technical Report) |
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| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 570 Scienze della vita; Biologia > 576 Genetica ed evoluzione > 576.5 Genetica 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 570 Scienze della vita; Biologia > 576 Genetica ed evoluzione > 576.8 Evoluzione (Include l'Omoplasia) |
| Depositing User: | Dott.ssa Grazia Maria Armeri |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2016 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2016 09:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/14696 |
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