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This open-access special issue features 12 full articles representing emerging trends from the international DNA barcoding community. Several articles highlight how DNA-based techniques are elucidating the species diversity, biogeography, and [...]

Abstract: The early life-history stages of fishes are poorly known, impeding acquisition of the identifications needed to monitor larval recruitment and year-class strength. A comprehensive database of COI sequences, linked [...]

The two special issues--Barcodes to Biomes--mark the one-year anniversary of the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference held in Guelph, Canada. The 6th Conference brought together 601 delegates from 51 [...]

The two special issues--Barcodes to Biomes--mark the one-year anniversary of the 6th International Barcode of Life Conference held in Guelph, Canada. The 6th Conference brought together 601 delegates from 51 [...]

DNA barcoding--the sequencing of short, standardized DNA regions for specimen identification and species discovery--has promised to facilitate rapid access to biodiversity knowledge by diverse users. Here, we advance our opinion that increased global participation in genetics research is beneficial, both to scientists and for science, and explore the premise that DNA barcoding can help to democratize participation in genetics research. We examine publication patterns (2003-2014) in the DNA barcoding literature and compare trends with those in the broader, related domain of genomics. While genomics is the older and much larger field, the number of nations contributing to the published literature is similar between disciplines. Meanwhile, DNA barcoding exhibits a higher pace of growth in the number of publications as well as greater evenness among nations in their proportional contribution to total authorships. This exploration revealed DNA barcoding to be a highly international discipline, with growing participation by researchers in especially biodiverse nations. We briefly consider several of the challenges that may hinder further participation in genetics research, including access to training and molecular facilities as well as policy relating to the movement of genetic resources. Keywords: DNA barcoding, International Barcode of Life, genomics, research trends, collaboration. Le codage a barres de l'ADN, soit le sequencage de courtes regions d'ADN standardisees pour des fins d'identification de specimens et la decouverte d'especes, promettait de faciliter un acces rapide aux connaissances sur la biodiversite par divers utilisateurs. Dans cet article, les auteurs mettent de l'avant qu'une participation internationale accrue a la recherche en genetique est benefique tant pour les chercheurs que pour la science et ils explorent l'hypothese que le codage a barres de l'ADN peut aider a democratiser la participation a la recherche en genetique. Les auteurs ont examine l'evolution des publications (2003-2014) dans le domaine du codage a barres de l'ADN et ont compare les tendances avec celles observees dans le domaine plus large mais apparente de la recherche en genomique. Bien que la genomique soit un champ de recherche plus ancien et beaucoup plus vaste, le nombre de pays ayant contribue a la litterature est semblable entre ces deux champs. De plus, le codage a barres de l'ADN presente une croissance plus rapide du nombre de publications ainsi qu'une plus grande uniformite entre pays en ce qui a trait a la contribution proportionnelle des auteurs. Cette exploration a revele que le codage a barres de l'ADN est une discipline hautement internationale, avec une participation croissante des chercheurs de pays presentant une biodiversite particulierement grande. Les auteurs discutent brievement de plusieurs des defis qui pourraient restreindre une participation accrue a la recherche en genetique, incluant l'acces a la formation et aux laboratoires d'analyse de meme que les politiques regissant le mouvement des ressources genetiques. [Traduit par la Redaction] Mots-cles: codage a barres de l'ADN, projet international du code barre du vivant, genomique, tendances en recherche, collaboration., The benefits of increasing global participation in genetics research The invitation to contribute an opinion piece to the special issue entitled 'Genomics: the Power and the Promise 2014' inspired us [...]

Amphibians are characterized both by a strongly increasing number of newly discovered species and by a high degree of decline. The observed increase in species numbers, over 25 percent in [...]

High-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies have opened new avenues for the study of biodiversity. This innovation has resulted in an exponentially increasing number of concepts, methods, and research studies in the [...]