background: caddisflies have significant roles in freshwater ecosystems. morphological identification is the major impediment in accurate species identification of hydropsychids. mitochondrial and nuclear markers are suitable for molecular systematics of these group of arthropods. methods: trichopteran specimens of lavasan district in northeastern tehran, iran were collected in 2012, and de­scr...

Background: Accurate species delimitation is essential for phylogenetic, phylogeographic, ecological, conservation and biogeographic investigations. Acrossocheilus classification has long been contentious, owing to their uncertain evolutionary relationships, high levels of morphological homoplasy a lack knowledge the taxonomic validity conventionally utilized characters. Methods: A final data s...

Nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) rDNA and partial sequences of the cytochrome coxidase subunit I (COI) mtDNA and white gene nDNA were obtained from specimens of Anopheles nuneztovari A collected in Macapá (state of Amapá), Obidos, Prainha and Almeirim (state of Pará), Itacoatiara and Parintins (state of Amazonas), Brazil, and compared with previously published se...

This study examines the population genetic structure of Tor tambroides, an important freshwater fish species in Malaysia, using fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci and sequencing of 464 base pairs of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene. A total of 152 mahseer samples were collected from eight populations throughout the Malaysia river system. Microsatellites results found hig...

The “Barcode of Life” Consortium is a worldwide initiative devoted to perform a molecular inventory of Earth’s biodiversity. The Cytochrome Oxidase c subunit I (COI) gene of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been successfully used for identification of North American bird species. However, this technique has not been previously employed to Neotropical birds’ identification. Typical antbirds (Th...

DNA barcoding can be an effective tool for fast and accurate species-level identification based on sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit (COI) gene. The diversity of this fragment can be used to estimate the richness of the respective species. In this study, we explored the use of DNA barcoding in a group of ornamental freshwater fish of the genus Hyphessobrycon. We seque...

BACKGROUND DNA barcoding has recently been proposed as a promising tool for the rapid species identification in a wide range of animal taxa. Two broad methods (distance and monophyly-based methods) have been used. One method is based on degree of DNA sequence variation within and between species while another method requires the recovery of species as discrete clades (monophyly) on a phylogenet...

Non-native ascidians are important members of the fouling community associated with artificial substrata and man-made structures. Being efficient fouling species, they are easily spread by human-mediated transports (e.g., with aquaculture trade and maritime transports). This is exemplified by the ascidian Asterocarpa humilis which displays a wide distribution in the Southern Hemisphere and has ...