DNA barcoding is a molecular-based identification system,
recently introduced in the scientific community. The method is not completely
new to science, but the real innovation is not in the discrimination system itself:
DNA barcoding can be considered as the core of an integrated taxonomic
system, where bioinformatics plays a key role. Time is now ripe for a real
collaboration of all the different forces working in taxonomy, towards a “next
generation systematics”.
