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Identification of polymorphic species within groups of morphologically conservative taxa: combining morphological and molecular techniques
Larsen, Kim
Froufe, Elsa
2010
Abstract
Identification of small species with high levels of intra-specific
polymorphism within groups of inter-specific morphologically-conservative
taxa, presents numerous obstacles for biodiversity and ecological studies.
This is particularly true for deep-sea studies that often reveal a great number
of species but only few numbers of specimens. It is here proposed to deal
with such cases by extrapolating information obtained from highly detailed
baseline studies. Such baseline studies should include information about
sexual and ontogenetic variation and should include a combination of both
morphological and molecular techniques.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Kim Larsen, Elsa Froufe, Identification of polymorphic species within groups of morphologically conservative taxa: combining morphological and molecular techniques, in Pier Luigi Nimis and Régine Vignes Lebbe (eds.): “Tools for Identifying Biodiversity: Progress and Problems. Proceedings of the International Congress, Paris, September 20-22, 2010”, Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2010, pp. 301-305.
Languages
en
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