Search Results - "Wheeler, Quentin D"

Taxonomic triage and the poverty of phylogeny by Wheeler, Quentin D., Wheeler, Quentin D.

“…Revisionary taxonomy is frequently dismissed as merely descriptive, which belies its strong intellectual content and hypothesis–driven nature. Funding for…”
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The Perils of DNA Barcoding and the Need for Integrative Taxonomy by Will, Kipling W., Mishler, Brent D., Wheeler, Quentin D.

“…Will et al present there responses to the issues raised during a DNA barcoding debate held as part of the fifth "Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in…”
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Impediments to taxonomy and users of taxonomy: accessibility and impact evaluation by Ebach, Malte C., Valdecasas, Antonio G., Wheeler, Quentin D.

“…There has been much discussion of the “taxonomic impediment”. This phrase confuses two kinds of impediment: an impediment to end users imposed by lack of…”
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application of “-omics” technologies for the classification and identification of animals by Raupach, Michael J, Amann, Rudolf, Wheeler, Quentin D, Roos, Christian

“…The correct classification of organisms based on specific rules is essential in biological sciences. Traditionally, morphological characteristics such as size,…”
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Evidence-Based Taxonomy: Labels as Illocutionary Acts by Valdecasas, Antonio G., Pelaéz, Marisa L., Wheeler, Quentin D., de Carvalho, Marcelo R.

“…Concepts in science have an important role: They delimit and specify objects, activities, processes, and abstract entities. When terms are diffuse, mean…”
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Specimen collection: Plan for the future by Krell, Frank-T., Wheeler, Quentin D.

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Taxonomy and Why History of Science Matters for Science: A Case Study by Hamilton, Andrew, Wheeler, Quentin D.

“…The history of science often has difficulty connecting with science at the lab-bench level, raising questions about the value of history of science for…”
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Revolutionary thoughts on taxonomy: declarations of independence and interdependence by Wheeler, Quentin D.(International Institute for Species Exploration)

“…Credible biological research depends on accurate species identifications, reliable scientific names, and an evolutionary context provided by a phylogeny or…”
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Undisciplined thinking: morphology and Hennig's unfinished revolution by WHEELER, QUENTIN D.

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Taxonomy: impediment or expedient? by Wheeler, Quentin D, Raven, Peter H, Wilson, Edward O

“…Wheeler et al assess that our generation is the first to fully comprehend the threat of the biodiversity crisis and the last with the opportunity to explore…”
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'Integrative taxonomy' then and now: a response to Dayrat (2005) by VALDECASAS, ANTONIO G, WILLIAMS, DAVID, WHEELER, QUENTIN D

“…Deep misunderstandings still besiege taxonomy after more than 200 years of fruitful output. It has been asserted in this journal that taxonomy should be…”
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Losing the plot: DNA "barcodes" and taxonomy by Wheeler, Quentin D.

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The Phylogeny of the Extant Hexapod Orders by Wheeler, Ward C., Whiting, Michael, Wheeler, Quentin D., Carpenter, James M.

“…Morphological and molecular data are marshalled to address the question of hexapod ordinal relationships. The combination of 275 morphological variables, 1000…”
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What's in a (biological) name? The wrath of Lord Rutherford by Valdecasas, Antonio G., Peláez, María L., Wheeler, Quentin D.

“…Names in taxonomy have seven different and important properties, some due to their existence in the context of classifications. Names confer or facilitate…”
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Does counting species count as taxonomy? On misrepresenting systematics, yet again by Carvalho, Marcelo R, Ebach, Malte C, Williams, David M, Nihei, Silvio S, Trefaut Rodrigues, Miguel, Grant, Taran, Silveira, Luís F, Zaher, Hussam, Gill, Anthony C, Schelly, Robert C, Sparks, John S, Bockmann, Flávio A, Séret, Bernard, Ho, Hsuan‐Ching, Grande, Lance, Rieppel, Olivier, Dubois, Alain, Ohler, Annemarie, Faivovich, Julián, Assis, Leandro C. S, Wheeler, Quentin D, Goldstein, Paul Z, Almeida, Eduardo A. B, Valdecasas, Antonio G, Nelson, Gareth

“…Recent commentary by Costello and collaborators on the current state of the global taxonomic enterprise attempts to demonstrate that taxonomy is not in decline…”
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The Strepsiptera Problem: Phylogeny of the Holometabolous Insect Orders Inferred from 18S and 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology by Whiting, Michael F., Carpenter, James C., Wheeler, Quentin D., Wheeler, Ward C.

“…Phylogenetic relationships among the holometabolous insect orders were inferred from cladistic analysis of nucleotide sequences of 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) (85…”
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Taxonomy: add a human touch too by Valdecasas, Antonio G, Wheeler, Quentin D

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Zimpherus nancae Miller and Wheeler (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini), New Genus and New Species from Venezuela by Miller, Kelly B, Wheeler, Quentin D

“…Zimpherus nancae Miller and Wheeler, new genus and new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini) is described from Cerro de Neblina, Amazonas,…”
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Taxonomic Impediment or Impediment to Taxonomy? A Commentary on Systematics and the Cybertaxonomic-Automation Paradigm by de Carvalho, Marcelo R., Bockmann, Flávio A., Amorim, Dalton S., Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., de Vivo, Mário, de Figueiredo, José L., Britski, Heraldo A., de Pinna, Mário C. C., Menezes, Naércio A., Marques, Fernando P. L., Papavero, Nelson, Cancello, Eliana M., Crisci, Jorge V., McEachran, John D., Schelly, Robert C., Lundberg, John G., Gill, Anthony C., Britz, Ralf, Wheeler, Quentin D., Stiassny, Melanie L. J., Parenti, Lynne R., Page, Larry M., Wheeler, Ward C., Faivovich, Julián, Vari, Richard P., Grande, Lance, Humphries, Chris J., DeSalle, Rob, Ebach, Malte C., Nelson, Gareth J.

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Larvae of the genus Eleodes (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae): matrix-based descriptions, cladistic analysis, and key to late instars by Smith, Aaron D, Dornburg, Rebecca, Wheeler, Quentin D

“…Darkling beetle larvae (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) are collectively referred to as false wireworms. Larvae from several species in the genus Eleodes are…”
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