Publications

created on: 05.01.2016 | by: Matthias Geiger

Two contributions have been published recently, which used results from GBOL i) to resolve a taxonomic conflict in Ptychoptera contaminata (Kvifte et al. 2015), and ii) to demonstrate the first record of the lance fly Dasiops calvus for Germany (Reimann & Rulík 2015).

created on: 10.07.2015 | by: Matthias Geiger

Our experts were quite surprised when they compared the first DNA barcodes from members of the centipede species Stenotaenia linearis: their DNA sequences differ up to 16.7 percent from each other! This level of cryptic diversity might be a record and is a very strong indication for the presence of previously unrecognized species in this group.

created on: 29.12.2014 | by: Matthias Geiger

Lars Hendrich and his colleagues present their results from the largest DNA barcode data set on beetles in the journal ‘Molecular Ecology Resources’. As part of the projects „Barcoding Fauna Bavarica“ and GBOL the authors succeeded through several years of work to gather material for 15,948 specimens of Coleoptera from 3,514 species (53% of German Fauna) and generated DNA barcodes for them. The article may be freely downloaded.

created on: 10.10.2014 | by: Matthias Geiger

Thomas Knebelsberger and colleagues report about their findings from a DNA barcode survey for the fish and lamprey diversity of Germany in the journal ‘Molecular Ecology Resources’. The study is again a result of the fruitful cooperation between the projects ‘Barcoding Fauna Bavarica’ and GBOL.

Another article from Jérome Morinière and colleagues of the Zoological State Collection in Munich in PLoS ONE focuses on Neuropterida, of which 80 species from the 102 reported for Bavaria have now been added to the reference library.

created on: 01.10.2014 | by: Matthias Geiger

In the current issue of the iBOL Barcode Bulletin a lead post has been published about GBOL and thus enhanced the international visibility:

created on: 15.09.2014 | by: Matthias Geiger

In the previous phase of GBOL fungi played only a very small role, despite their immense diversity and importance for humans. The group was represented by a few members of the rust fungi (Pucciniales) only. Ursula Eberhardt and colleagues addressed this fact, describe the history of DNA barcoding, and the specific requirements for barcoding in fungi, and comment on the available fungal DNA barcodes (ITS locus) in an article published in the „Journal of Mycology“ (80/2, 2014). Unfortunately, the post worth reading is not freely accessible, but if you are interested you can contact us and receive a copy.

created on: 09.09.2014 | by: Matthias Geiger

Colleagues from different GBOL institutions report in an article published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE about new information, which they have acquired in the course of the analysis of a DNA barcode data set with 1742 individuals of 457 species of Heteroptera. Accordingly, 91.5% of the species can be unequivocally determined by their COI sequence. In 10 species-pairs they found identical COI sequences, and in 16 species conspicuously high genetic differences were observed. Direct link to the .pdf: „Building-Up of a DNA Barcode Library for True Bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Germany Reveals Taxonomic Uncertainties and Surprises“.

created on: 22.11.2013 | by: Matthias Geiger

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created on: 08.06.2013 | by: Matthias Geiger

GBOL1 partner published a GBOL study about the European hamster (Cricetus cricetus) in Acta Theriologica: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13364-013-0158-5

created on: 05.01.2012 | by: Matthias Geiger

In December 2011 an article about the GBOL project was published in the ECBOL (European Consortium for the Barcode of Life) Newsletter (PDF).