Species delimitation 4.0: integrative taxonomy meets artificial intelligence
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry · Technische Universität Ilmenau · +11 more institutions
Abstract
Although species are central units for biological research, recent findings in genomics are raising awareness that what we call species can be ill-founded entities due to solely morphology-based, regional species descriptions. This particularly applies to groups characterized by intricate evolutionary processes such as hybridization, polyploidy, or asexuality. Here, challenges of current integrative taxonomy (genetics/genomics + morphology + ecology, etc.) become apparent: different favored species concepts, lack of universal characters/markers, missing appropriate analytical tools for intricate evolutionary processes, and highly subjective ranking and fusion of datasets. Now, integrative taxonomy combined…
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17Topics & keywords
- Taxonomy (biology)
- Genomics
- Biodiversity
- Data science
- Species description
- Biology
- Artificial intelligence
- Computer science
- Life in Land