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Barcoding
Life: Towards a DNA-Based Identification System for Animals
This web site describes work
related to the creation of a DNA-based identification
system for animals-at-large based on the analysis of a
single mitochondrial gene - cytochrome c oxidase I (COI).
This site provides a brief rationale for DNA barcoding
and background information on COI. It summarizes the results
of past studies that have employed COI to investigate
taxon diversity and includes a database of papers relevant
to current research on this gene. Its final element, Barcode of Life, incorporates all publicly available information
on a core region of this gene. Barcode of Life is intended as the pilot version of a database
that might serve as the basis for a Global Bioidentification
System for animals. As such, we invite both the submission
of new data and the critical evaluation of its functionality.
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