TAXON-OMICS

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.