Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation

• Main Authors: Bickford, D., Lohman, D.J, Sodhi, N.S, Ng, P.K.L, Meier, R., Winker, K., Ingram, K.K, Das, I.
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Direct 2006
• Subjects: QL Zoology; SF Animal culture
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3324/1/Cryptic%20species%20as%20a%20window%20on%20diversity%20and%20conservation.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3324/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534706003703

The taxonomic challenge posed by cryptic species (two or more distinct species classified as a single species) has been recognized for nearly 300 years, but the advent of relatively inexpensive and rapid DNA sequencing has given biologists a new tool for detecting and differentiating morphologi...