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Encyclopedia > Cryptic species

In biology, a cryptic species complex is a group of species that satisfy the scientific definition of species — that is, they are reproductively isolated from each other — but which are anatomically indistinguishable. The individual species within the complex can only be separated using methods from molecular genetics such as DNA barcoding. Main articles: Life All organisms (viruses not included) consist of cells, which in turn, are based on a common carbon-based biochemistry. ... In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. ... Molecular genetics is the field of biology which studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level. ... A DNA barcode is a set of genetic markers in an organisms DNA of short length to uniquely identify and classify species. ...


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  • Shellee Morehead, Jon Seger, Don Feener and Brian Brown, A cryptic species complex in the ant parasitoid Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae)

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A new fossil species of Triphleba (Diptera: Phoridae) with bifurcate antennae.
A new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with brood provisions of nests of Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae).
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