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BU Biologist Discovers Diversity In Mantis Shrimp Underestimated

 May 13, 2006 @ 08:50 AM (EST)
There is a push to document the biodiversity of the world within 25 years. However, the magnitude of this challenge is not well known, especially when it comes to vast and often inaccessible marine environments. To date, surveys of species diversity in the world's oceans have focused on adult organisms, but new research from Boston University has found that studying marine life in its larval phase with DNA barcoding is a valuable way to estimate biodiversity...
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