TAXON-OMICS

@taxon-omics

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The official YouTube channel of the DFG Priority Programme 1991 TAXON-OMICS WHY TAXONOMY? We use standardized conventions to name newly discovered species and link this new information to existing knowledge. Hierarchical classifications within these conventions (ex: Family → Genus → Species) facilitate effective communication with other researchers and extrapolation of findings to other disciplines. "Taxonomy is the basis for documenting, quantifying, and understanding changes in biodiversity." WHAT IS TAXON-OMICS? Taxon-omics researchers combine “taxonomy,” the process of discovering and naming new species, with exciting 21st-century “-omics’” methodologies, like genomics and transcriptomics.