El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Av. Centenario Km 5.5, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, 77014, Mexico.
Mol Ecol Resour. 2013 Nov;13(6):1093-6. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12149. Epub 2013 Aug 6.
DNA barcoding has become an important current scientific trend to the understanding of the world biodiversity. In the case of mega-diverse hot spots like Mexico, this technique represents an important tool for taxonomists, allowing them to concentrate in highlighted species by the barcodes instead of analyzing entire sets of specimens. This tendency resulted in the creation of a national network named Mexican Barcode of Life (MEXBOL) which main goals are to train students, and to promote the interaction and collective work among researchers interested in this topic. As a result, the number of records in the Barcode of Life Database (BOLD) for some groups, such as the Mammalia, Actinopterygii, Polychaeta, Branchiopoda, Ostracoda, Maxillopoda, Nematoda, Pinophyta, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota place Mexico among the top ten countries in the generation of these data. This special number presents only few of the many interesting findings in this region of the world, after the use of this technique and its integration with other methodologies.
DNA 条形码已经成为理解世界生物多样性的重要科学趋势。在像墨西哥这样的生物多样性热点地区，这种技术是分类学家的重要工具，使他们能够专注于通过条形码突出显示的物种，而不是分析整个标本集。这种趋势导致了一个名为“墨西哥生命条形码网络”（MEXBOL）的国家网络的创建，该网络的主要目标是培训学生，并促进对这个主题感兴趣的研究人员之间的互动和集体工作。因此，在一些分类群（如哺乳动物、硬骨鱼、多毛类、甲壳类、十足类、线虫、松柏类、子囊菌和担子菌）的生命条形码数据库（BOLD）中，墨西哥的记录数量位居生成这些数据的十大国家之列。在使用这项技术及其与其他方法相结合之后，这个特殊的数字仅展示了该地区众多有趣发现中的一小部分。
