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| Title | Inconsistent estimates of diversity between traditional and DNA taxonomy in bdelloid rotifers |
| Abstract | Microscopic animals offer great potential in the analysis of spatial patterns of diversity, as they may provide different scenarios for biogeography and macroecology, but understanding diversity of microscopic animals is hampered by lack of comprehensive data on species distribution and by unreliable taxonomy. DNA taxonomy may prove useful in obtaining reliable data in the future, but we still do not know to what extent traditional and DNA taxonomy can be comparable for microscopic organisms. In this paper, we compare analyses and estimates of diversity at the level of species assemblage between traditional and DNA taxonomy for a group of moss-dwelling microscopic animals, bdelloid rotifers. The results are straightforward: Traditional species identification underestimates diversity by factors of 2 at the local and 2.5 at the regional scale. We discuss the results in the framework of current hypotheses on the distribution of microscopic animals. (C) 2008 Gesellschaft fur Biologisclie Systematik. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. |
| Source | Organisms diversity & evolution (Print) 9 (1), pp. 3–12 |
| Keywords | Alpha-beta-gamma diversityEverything-is-eveywhere hypothesisMolecular phylogenyPhylogeographyRotifera BdelloideaSpecies richness |
| Journal | Organisms diversity & evolution (Print) |
| Editor | Springer, Heidelberg, Germania |
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.002 |
| Authors | Kaya, Murat; Herniou, Elisabeth A.; Barraclough, Timothy G.; Fontaneto, Diego |
| Text | 283696 2009 10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.002 ISI Web of Science WOS 000265664600002 Alpha beta gamma diversity Everything is eveywhere hypothesis Molecular phylogeny Phylogeography Rotifera Bdelloidea Species richness Inconsistent estimates of diversity between traditional and DNA taxonomy in bdelloid rotifers Kaya, Murat; Herniou, Elisabeth A.; Barraclough, Timothy G.; Fontaneto, Diego Imperial College London; Ankara University; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS Microscopic animals offer great potential in the analysis of spatial patterns of diversity, as they may provide different scenarios for biogeography and macroecology, but understanding diversity of microscopic animals is hampered by lack of comprehensive data on species distribution and by unreliable taxonomy. DNA taxonomy may prove useful in obtaining reliable data in the future, but we still do not know to what extent traditional and DNA taxonomy can be comparable for microscopic organisms. In this paper, we compare analyses and estimates of diversity at the level of species assemblage between traditional and DNA taxonomy for a group of moss dwelling microscopic animals, bdelloid rotifers. The results are straightforward Traditional species identification underestimates diversity by factors of 2 at the local and 2.5 at the regional scale. We discuss the results in the framework of current hypotheses on the distribution of microscopic animals. C 2008 Gesellschaft fur Biologisclie Systematik. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved. 9 Articolo in rivista Springer 1439 6092 Organisms diversity evolution Print Organisms diversity evolution Print Org. divers. evol. Print Organisms diversity evolution. Print Organisms diversity and evolution Print Print diego.fontaneto FONTANETO DIEGO |