Briefings in Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on April 24, 2006
Briefings in Bioinformatics 2006 7(2):186-195; doi:10.1093/bib/bbl005
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Computational aspects of systematic biology
Corresponding author. George M. Garrity, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Michigan State University, East Lansing MI. Tel: +1 517 432 2459; Fax: +1 517 432 2458. E-mail: garrity{at}msu.edu
We review the resources available to systematic biologists who wish to use computers to build classifications. Algorithm development is in an early stage, and only a few examples of integrated applications for systematic biology are available. The availability of data is crucial if systematic biology is to enter the computer age.
Keywords: taxonomy, nomenclature, databases, semantics, persistent identifiers