Towards an integrated triad: Taxonomy, morphology and phylogeny
In: SpringerBriefs in Biology. Springer: Cham. ISSN 2192-2179; e-ISSN 2192-2187, more
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In the early days of meiobenthology (this term did not even exist), researchers were confronted with a plethora of new taxa and novel structures, from species to phylum. Thus, they focussed on taxonomic descriptions and morphological studies. But today, can these traditional domains still offer something ‘new under the sun’? Looking at the amazingly fruitful recent literature, this question is easily answered. Computer analyses help to construct molecular genetic patterns, not only of some specimens, oftentimes of whole populations or even the entire bulk of meiofauna contained in sample sets. |
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