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Biodiversity research in the "big data" era: GigaScience and Pensoft work together to publish the most data-rich species description.

ABSTRACT: With the publication of the first eukaryotic species description, combining transcriptomic, DNA barcoding, and micro-CT imaging data, GigaScience and Pensoft demonstrate how classical taxonomic description of a new species can be enhanced by applying new generation molecular methods, and novel computing and imaging technologies. This 'holistic' approach in taxonomic description of a new species of cave-dwelling centipede is published in the Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ), with coordinated data release in the GigaScience GigaDB database.

SUBMITTER: Edmunds SC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4076509 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Biodiversity research in the "big data" era: GigaScience and Pensoft work together to publish the most data-rich species description.

Edmunds Scott C SC Hunter Chris I CI Smith Vincent V Stoev Pavel P Penev Lyubomir L

GigaScience 20131028 1

With the publication of the first eukaryotic species description, combining transcriptomic, DNA barcoding, and micro-CT imaging data, GigaScience and Pensoft demonstrate how classical taxonomic description of a new species can be enhanced by applying new generation molecular methods, and novel computing and imaging technologies. This 'holistic' approach in taxonomic description of a new species of cave-dwelling centipede is published in the Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ), with coordinated data ...[more]

PMID: 24229463

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