Testing a short nuclear marker for inferring staphylinid beetle diversity in an African tropical rain forest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of DNA based methods for assessing biodiversity has become increasingly common during the last years. Especially in speciose biomes as tropical rain forests and/or in hyperdiverse or understudied taxa they may efficiently complement morphological approaches. The most successful molecular approach in this field is DNA barcoding based on cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) marker, but other markers are used as well. Whereas most studies aim at identifying or describing species, there are only few attempts to use DNA markers for inventorying all animal species found in environmental samples to describe variations of biodiversity patterns.

Methodology/principal findings

In this study, an analysis of the nuclear D3 region of the 28S rRNA gene to delimit species-like u

SUBMITTER: Thormann B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3069053 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature