The ability to identify individual plant species from tiny amounts of material has a surprising range of uses, from monitoring bee populations to assessing the contents of food and nutritional ...

Researchers have used publicly available data to develop a sequence library of the rbcL gene, a popular barcode in plants, for use in DNA metabarcoding studies. Using both the rbcL and an already ...

The dry, mothball-scented stacks of a herbarium might seem to be far away from the cutting edge of plant science. However, the curated plant specimens stored there contain irreplaceable genetic, ...

TORONTO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Call it a DNA digital Dewey Decimal System for all life on Earth. Sign up here. Every species, from extinct to thriving, is set to get its own DNA barcode in an attempt to ...

Amid spiralling interest from health officials, government agencies and others beginning to realize potential applications of DNA barcoding, experts from 46 nations converge in Taipei Sept. 18-20.

DNA barcoding is a movement to catalog all life on earth by a simple standardized genetic tag, similar to stores labeling products with unique barcodes. The effort promises foolproof food inspection, ...

Snarge. The snarge arrives at the Feather Identification Lab by the armful—20 manila envelopes a day, some 6,600 envelopes last year alone, converging here from airports in all 50 states for ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Call it a DNA digital Dewey Decimal System for all life on Earth. Every species, from extinct to thriving, is set to get its own DNA barcode in an attempt to better track the ones ...

This week, more than 450 scientists and industry experts are to converge upon Australia's University of Adelaide, for the fourth International Barcode of Life ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Among the applications of DNA barcoding for plant conservation is the identification of illegally traded endangered species from small samples ...