The journal Molecular Ecology Resources has just published a special issue on DNA barcoding. This is the result of a conference held at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Note the following from the introduction by my friends/colleagues Brian Golding, Bob Hanner, and Paul Hebert:
Despite some popular misconceptions, the goal of DNA barcoding is neither to determine the tree of life nor to carry out phylogenetic studies. The goal of DNA barcoding is also not molecular taxonomy, as it is not intended to replace classical taxonomy. Its purpose is to carry out species identifications so that even non-experts can determine what species might be at hand, and to do so in a rapid and inexpensive manner. This does not mean that barcodes lack phylogenetic information, or that the sequences do not contribute to taxonomic knowledge. Barcodes can provide evidence for cryptic species, and contribute to knowledge of phylogeny and biogeography. Each of these, however, requires corroboration from additional sources of information for robust support of the hypotheses generated by barcoding. For example, no one would attempt to reconstruct the phylogenetic history of the Diptera from 600 bp of mitochondrial sequence.
Central to the DNA barcoding enterprise is a database of previously identified reference specimens and their corresponding COI sequences. This requires taxonomists to apply their knowledge and to provide identifications of specimens that can then be barcoded. They must provide their intimate knowledge of the species ranges and morphologies to direct sampling strategies that would cover the greatest likely range of genetic variation. It is then these couplets of information that can be used to identify an unknown specimen.
Here are the papers, all open access thanks to support from NSERC and Genome Canada (before the cuts):
Molecular Ecology Resources
Volume 9 Issue s1 May 2009
Special Issue on Barcoding Life
Preface (p iv-vi)
G. B. GOLDING, R. HANNER, P. D. N. HEBERT
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02654.xKEYNOTE ARTICLE
Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity (p 1-26)
DANIEL H. JANZEN, WINNIE HALLWACHS, PATRICK BLANDIN, JOHN M. BURNS, JEAN-MARIE CADIOU, ISIDRO CHACON, TANYA DAPKEY, ANDREW R. DEANS, MARC E. EPSTEIN, BERNARDO ESPINOZA, JOHN G. FRANCLEMONT, WILLIAM A. HABER, MEHRDAD HAJIBABAEI, JASON P. W. HALL, PAUL D. N. HEBERT, IAN D. GAULD, DONALD J. HARVEY, AXEL HAUSMANN, IAN J. KITCHING, DON LAFONTAINE, JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY, CLAUDE LEMAIRE, JACQUELINE Y. MILLER, JAMES S. MILLER, LEE MILLER, SCOTT E MILLER, JOSE MONTERO, EUGENE MUNROE, SUZANNE RAB GREEN, SUJEEVAN RATNASINGHAM, JOHN E. RAWLINS, ROBERT K. ROBBINS, JOSEPHINE J. RODRIGUEZ, RODOLPHE ROUGERIE, MICHAEL J. SHARKEY, M. ALEX SMITH, M. ALMA SOLIS, J. BOLLING SULLIVAN, PAUL THIAUCOURT, DAVID B. WAHL, SUSAN J. WELLER, JAMES B. WHITFIELD, KEITH R. WILLMOTT, D. MONTY WOOD, NORMAN E. WOODLEY, JOHN J. WILSON
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02628.xBARCODING METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
The front-end logistics of DNA barcoding: challenges and prospects (p 27-34)
ALEX V. BORISENKO, JAYME E. SONES, PAUL D. N. HEBERT
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02629.xExpress barcodes: racing from specimen to identification (p 35-41)
NATALIA V. IVANOVA, ALEX V. BORISENKO, PAUL D. N. HEBERT
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02630.xDNA barcoding and the mediocrity of morphology (p 42-50)
LAURENCE PACKER, JASON GIBBS, CORY SHEFFIELD, ROBERT HANNER
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02631.xBiological agent detection technologies (p 51-57)
JOHN P. JAKUPCIAK, RITA R. COLWELL
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02632.xEfficient algorithms for the discovery of DNA oligonucleotide barcodes from sequence databases (p 58-64)
M. ZAHARIEV, V. DAHL, W. CHEN, C. A. LÉVESQUE
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02651.xBARCODING MICRO- AND MESO-FAUNA
Barcoding diatoms: Is there a good marker? (p 65-74)
MÓNICA B. J. MONIZ, IRENA KACZMARSKA
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02633.xDevelopment of primers for the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene in digenetic trematodes (Platyhelminthes) illustrates the challenge of barcoding parasitic helminths (p 75-82)
ANNA MOSZCZYNSKA, SEAN A. LOCKE, J. DANIEL McLAUGHLIN, DAVID J. MARCOGLIESE, TERESA J. CREASE
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02634.xBARCODING FUNGI
Progress towards DNA barcoding of fungi (p 83-89)
KEITH A. SEIFERT
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02635.xMultiple copies of cytochrome oxidase 1 in species of the fungal genus Fusarium (p 90-98)
SCOTT R. GILMORE, TOM GRÄFENHAN, GERRY LOUIS-SEIZE, KEITH A. SEIFERT
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02636.xEvaluation of mitochondrial genes as DNA barcode for Basidiomycota (p 99-113)
AGATHE VIALLE, NICOLAS FEAU, MATHIEU ALLAIRE, MARYNA DIDUKH, FRANCIS MARTIN, JEAN-MARC MONCALVO, RICHARD C. HAMELIN
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02637.xA high density COX1 barcode oligonucleotide array for identification and detection of species of Penicillium subgenus Penicillium (p 114-129)
W. CHEN, K.A. SEIFERT, C.A. LÉVESQUE
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02638.xBARCODING PLANTS
Are plant species inherently harder to discriminate than animal species using DNA barcoding markers? (p 130-139)
ARON J. FAZEKAS, PRASAD R. KESANAKURTI, KEVIN S. BURGESS, DIANA M. PERCY, SEAN W. GRAHAM, SPENCER C. H. BARRETT, STEVEN G. NEWMASTER, MEHRDAD HAJIBABAEI, BRIAN C. HUSBAND
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02652.xRoutine DNA barcoding of Canadian Gracilariales (Rhodophyta) reveals the invasive species Gracilaria vermiculophylla in British Columbia (p 140-150)
GARY W. SAUNDERS
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02639.xPlant DNA barcodes and species resolution in sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae) (p 151-163)
JULIAN R. STARR, ROBERT F. C. NACZI, BRIANNA N. CHOUINARD
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02640.xDNA barcoding discriminates a new cryptic grass species revealed in an ethnobotany study by the hill tribes of the Western Ghats in southern India (p 164-171)
SUBRAMANYAM RAGUPATHY, STEVEN G. NEWMASTER, MARUTHAKKUTTI MURUGESAN, VELUSAMY BALASUBRAMANIAM
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02641.xTesting plant barcoding in a sister species complex of pantropical Acacia (Mimosoideae, Fabaceae) (p 172-180)
STEVEN G. NEWMASTER, RAGUPATHY SUBRAMANYAM
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02642.xBARCODING ARTHROPODS
DNA barcoding of marine crustaceans from the Estuary and Gulf of St Lawrence: a regional-scale approach (p 181-187)
ADRIANA E. RADULOVICI, BERNARD SAINTE-MARIE, FRANCE DUFRESNE
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02643.xDNA barcodes to identify species and explore diversity in the Adelgidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) (p 188-195)
R. G. FOOTTIT, H. E. L. MAW, N. P. HAVILL, R. G. AHERN, M. E. MONTGOMERY
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02644.xDNA barcoding a regional bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) fauna and its potential for ecological studies (p 196-207)
CORY S. SHEFFIELD, PAUL D. N. HEBERT, PETER G. KEVAN, LAURENCE PACKER
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02645.xDNA barcode accumulation curves for understudied taxa and areas (p 208-216)
M. ALEX SMITH, JOSE FERNANDEZ-TRIANA, ROB ROUGHLEY, PAUL D. N. HEBERT
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02646.xCombining DNA barcoding and morphological analysis to identify specialist floral parasites (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Momphinae: Mompha) (p 217-223)
VIRGINIA J. EMERY, JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY, CHRISTOPHER G. ECKERT
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02647.xIdentification of Nearctic black flies using DNA barcodes (Diptera: Simuliidae) (p 224-236)
JULIO RIVERA, DOUGLAS C CURRIE
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02648.xBARCODING VERTEBRATES
DNA barcoding reveals overlooked marine fishes (p 237-242)
TYLER S. ZEMLAK, ROBERT D. WARD, ALLAN D. CONNELL, BRONWYN H. HOLMES, PAUL D. N. HEBERT
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02649.xIdentifying sharks with DNA barcodes: assessing the utility of a nucleotide diagnostic approach (p 243-256)
EUGENE H.-K. WONG, MAHMOOD S. SHIVJI, ROBERT H. HANNER
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02653.xCountering criticisms of single mitochondrial DNA gene barcoding in birds (p 257-268)
ALLAN J. BAKER, ERIKA SENDRA TAVARES, REBECCA F. ELBOURNE
Published Online: Apr 21 2009 10:59AM
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02650.x
