Resumen de Molecular taxonomics for biodiversity surveys: already a reality
The biosphere is so extraordinarily diverse that methodical cataloguing of biodiversity by traditional methods might never provide a complete ‘species list’ for the planet [ 1 ]. This realization, coupled with real controversy over both how to define and how to diagnose ‘species’ [ 2 ], has led to proposals for a molecular taxonomy based on a defined part of the genome [ 3 , 4 , 5 ]. We would like to emphasize, from our practical experience [ 6 ], some of the features of a molecular taxon system that we hope will dispel the fears of more morphologically inclined taxonomists.
