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Tag Archives: cryptic species
What’s in a name? A review of cryptic species and species concepts
It is a contentious can of worms. Species concepts are both essential to understand and at the same time incredibly difficult to define. Species names allow us to discuss fundamental units of biodiversity in any ecosystem and study genome evolution, … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, Molecular Ecology, the journal, speciation, species delimitation
Tagged amphipods, biodiversity, cryptic species
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DNA sequence data shows that this "living fossil" isn't so fossilized after all
Living fossils are a tricky concept for evolutionary biology. In principle it seems simple: living organisms that closely resemble creatures seen in the fossil record going back millions of years. Usually they’re a single representative of a fossil record containing … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, evolution, species delimitation
Tagged Allonautilus, cryptic species, ddRADseq, Nautilus
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