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Caterpillars lack a resident gut microbiome by Hammer, Tobin J., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Jaffe, Samuel P., Fierer, Noah

“…Many animals are inhabited by microbial symbionts that influence their hosts’ development, physiology, ecological interactions, and evolutionary…”
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Joining inventory by parataxonomists with DNA barcoding of a large complex tropical conserved wildland in northwestern Costa Rica by Janzen, Daniel H, Hallwachs, Winnie

“…The many components of conservation through biodiversity development of a large complex tropical wildland, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste (ACG), thrive on…”
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Next‐generation DNA barcoding: using next‐generation sequencing to enhance and accelerate DNA barcode capture from single specimens by Shokralla, Shadi, Gibson, Joel F, Nikbakht, Hamid, Janzen, Daniel H, Hallwachs, Winnie, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad

“…DNA barcoding is an efficient method to identify specimens and to detect undescribed/cryptic species. Sanger sequencing of individual specimens is the standard…”
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Simultaneous assessment of the macrobiome and microbiome in a bulk sample of tropical arthropods through DNA metasystematics by Gibson, Joel, Shokralla, Shadi, Porter, Teresita M., King, Ian, van Konynenburg, Steven, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad

“…Conventional assessments of ecosystem sample composition are based on morphology-based or DNA barcode identification of individuals. Both approaches are costly…”
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Massively parallel multiplex DNA sequencing for specimen identification using an Illumina MiSeq platform by Shokralla, Shadi, Porter, Teresita M., Gibson, Joel F., Dobosz, Rafal, Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Golding, G. Brian, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad

“…Genetic information is a valuable component of biosystematics, especially specimen identification through the use of species-specific DNA barcodes. Although…”
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Stable structural color patterns displayed on transparent insect wings by Shevtsova, Ekaterina, Hansson, Christer, Janzen, Daniel H., Kjærandsen, Jostein

“…Color patterns play central roles in the behavior of insects, and are important traits for taxonomic studies. Here we report striking and stable structural…”
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A Sequel to Sanger: amplicon sequencing that scales by Hebert, Paul D N, Braukmann, Thomas W A, Prosser, Sean W J, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, deWaard, Jeremy R, Ivanova, Natalia V, Janzen, Daniel H, Hallwachs, Winnie, Naik, Suresh, Sones, Jayme E, Zakharov, Evgeny V

“…Although high-throughput sequencers (HTS) have largely displaced their Sanger counterparts, the short read lengths and high error rates of most platforms…”
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Diversity and phylogenetic community structure of ants along a Costa Rican elevational gradient by Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnie, Janzen, Daniel H

“…The diversity and phylogenetic community structure of many organisms is negatively affected by factors that covary with elevation. On the Pacific slope of the…”
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DNA barcodes distinguish species of tropical Lepidoptera by Hajibabaei, M, Janzen, D.H, Burns, J.M, Hallwachs, W, Hebert, P.D.N

“…Although central to much biological research, the identification of species is often difficult. The use of DNA barcodes, short DNA sequences from a…”
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Extreme diversity of tropical parasitoid wasps exposed by iterative integration of natural history, DNA barcoding, morphology, and collections by Smith, M. Alex, Rodriguez, Josephine J, Whitfield, James B, Deans, Andrew R, Janzen, Daniel H, Hallwachs, Winnie, Hebert, Paul D.N

“…We DNA barcoded 2,597 parasitoid wasps belonging to 6 microgastrine braconid genera reared from parapatric tropical dry forest, cloud forest, and rain forest…”
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Use of DNA barcodes to identify flowering plants by Kress, W.J, Wurdack, K.J, Zimmer, E.A, Weigt, L.A, Janzen, D.H

“…Methods for identifying species by using short orthologous DNA sequences, known as "DNA barcodes," have been proposed and initiated to facilitate biodiversity…”
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Wolbachia and DNA barcoding insects: patterns, potential, and problems by Smith, M Alex, Bertrand, Claudia, Crosby, Kate, Eveleigh, Eldon S, Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Fisher, Brian L, Gibbs, Jason, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Hallwachs, Winnie, Hind, Katharine, Hrcek, Jan, Huang, Da-Wei, Janda, Milan, Janzen, Daniel H, Li, Yanwei, Miller, Scott E, Packer, Laurence, Quicke, Donald, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Rodriguez, Josephine, Rougerie, Rodolphe, Shaw, Mark R, Sheffield, Cory, Stahlhut, Julie K, Steinke, Dirk, Whitfield, James, Wood, Monty, Zhou, Xin

“…Wolbachia is a genus of bacterial endosymbionts that impacts the breeding systems of their hosts. Wolbachia can confuse the patterns of mitochondrial…”
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Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator by Herbert, P.D.N, Penton, E.H, Burns, J.M, Janzen, D.H, Hallwachs, W

“…Astraptes fulgerator, first described in 1775, is a common and widely distributed neotropical skipper butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). We combine 25 years…”
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DNA barcodes affirm that 16 species of apparently generalist tropical parasitoid flies (Diptera, Tachinidae) are not all generalists by Smith, M. Alex, Wood, D. Monty, Janzen, Daniel H, Hallwachs, Winnie, Hebert, Paul D.N

“…Many species of tachinid flies are viewed as generalist parasitoids because what is apparently a single species of fly has been reared from many species of…”
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Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species by Sharkey, Michael J, Janzen, Daniel H, Hallwachs, Winnie, Chapman, Eric G, Smith, M Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Brown, Allison, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Naik, Suresh, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Milton, Megan, Hebert, Paul, Shaw, Scott R, Kittel, Rebecca N, Solis, M Alma, Metz, Mark A, Goldstein, Paul Z, Brown, John W, Quicke, Donald L J, van Achterberg, C, Brown, Brian V, Burns, John M

“…Three new genera are described: (Proteropinae), (Rogadinae), and (Rogadinae). Keys are given for the New World genera of the following braconid subfamilies:…”
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tropical horde of counterfeit predator eyes by Janzen, Daniel H, Hallwachs, Winnie, Burns, John M

“…We propose that the many different, but essentially similar, eye-like and face-like color patterns displayed by hundreds of species of tropical caterpillars…”
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DNA barcodes reveal cryptic host-specificity within the presumed polyphagous members of a genus of parasitoid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) by Smith, M.A, Woodley, N.E, Janzen, D.H, Hallwachs, W, Hebert, P.D.N

“…Insect parasitoids are a major component of global biodiversity and affect the population dynamics of their hosts. However, identification of insect…”
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DNA barcodes and cryptic species of skipper butterflies in the genus Perichares in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica by Burns, John M, Janzen, Daniel H, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad, Hallwachs, Winnie, Hebert, Paul D.N

“…DNA barcodes can be used to identify cryptic species of skipper butterflies previously detected by classic taxonomic methods and to provide first clues to the…”
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Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study by Regier, Jerome C, Zwick, Andreas, Cummings, Michael P, Kawahara, Akito Y, Cho, Soowon, Weller, Susan, Roe, Amanda, Baixeras, Joaquin, Brown, John W, Parr, Cynthia, Davis, Donald R, Epstein, Marc, Hallwachs, Winifred, Hausmann, Axel, Janzen, Daniel H, Solis, M. Alma

“…Background: In the mega-diverse insect order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths; 165,000 described species), deeper relationships are little understood within…”
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Further progress on the phylogeny of Noctuoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) using an expanded gene sample by REGIER, JEROME C., MITTER, CHARLES, MITTER, KIM, CUMMINGS, MICHAEL P., BAZINET, ADAM L., HALLWACHS, WINIFRED, JANZEN, DANIEL H., ZWICK, ANDREAS

“…Major progress has been made recently toward resolving the phylogeny of Noctuoidea, the largest superfamily of Lepidoptera. However, numerous questions and…”
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