Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice.

Autor: Rheindt FE; National University of Singapore, Department of Biological Sciences, Singapore., Bouchard P; Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., Pyle RL; Department of Natural Sciences, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America., Welter-Schultes F; Abteilung Evolution und Biodiversität der Tiere und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany., Aescht E; Biology Centre of the Upper Austrian Museum, Linz, Austria., Ahyong ST; Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia.; School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia., Ballerio A; Independent Researcher, Brescia, Italy., Bourgoin T; Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), MNHN-CNRS-Sorbonne Université-EPHE- Université des Antilles, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France., Ceríaco LMP; Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Dmitriev D; Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America., Evenhuis N; Department of Natural Sciences, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America., Grygier MJ; National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Taiwan., Harvey MS; Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool DC, Australia., Kottelat M; Independent Researcher, Delémont, Switzerland., Kluge N; Department of Entomology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia., Krell FT; Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado, United States of America., Kojima JI; Natural History Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan., Kullander SO; Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden., Lucinda P; Laboratório de Ictiologia Sistemática, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil., Lyal CHC; Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom., Scioscia CL; Arachnology Division, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia', Buenos Aires, Argentina., Whitmore D; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany., Yanega D; Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America., Zhang ZQ; Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand.; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand., Zhou HZ; Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China., Pape T; Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PLoS biology [PLoS Biol] 2023 Aug 22; Vol. 21 (8), pp. e3002251. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 22 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002251
Abstrakt: Modern advances in DNA sequencing hold the promise of facilitating descriptions of new organisms at ever finer precision but have come with challenges as the major Codes of bionomenclature contain poorly defined requirements for species and subspecies diagnoses (henceforth, species diagnoses), which is particularly problematic for DNA-based taxonomy. We, the commissioners of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, advocate a tightening of the definition of "species diagnosis" in future editions of Codes of bionomenclature, for example, through the introduction of requirements for specific information on the character states of differentiating traits in comparison with similar species. Such new provisions would enhance taxonomic standards and ensure that all diagnoses, including DNA-based ones, contain adequate taxonomic context. Our recommendations are intended to spur discussion among biologists, as broad community consensus is critical ahead of the implementation of new editions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and other Codes of bionomenclature.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Rheindt et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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