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DNA barcoding

Identifying specimens, defining species and surveying diversity

Mark Blaxter

[ lecture slides as pdf | links to barcoding websites | references ]

Here are the slides from the lecture (PDF format) 2007 version

The Blaxter lab has been using barcode technology to examine meiofaunal diversity.

The International Consortium for the Barcode of Life is here.

CBoL's publications page is here.

Paul Hebert's BarcodingLife page is here.

Here are some references underpinning the lecture

see especially the Phil Trans Roy Soc special issue on barcoding at the Royal Society Publications WWW site.

Blaxter_2003_Nature_Angels.pdf Nature News and Views on DNA barcoding proposal by Hebert
barcoding_paper.pdf DNA barcoding proposal by Hebert
Hebert_Barcoding.pdf Hebert et al testing utility of cytochrome oxidase 1 as a barcode marker
Blaxter_2004_PTRSLB_MolTax.pdf Review on DNA taxonomy
Tautz_et_al.pdf Tautz et al original "Plea for a DNA taxonomy"
Blaxter_2005_PTRSLB_Barcodes.pdf Review on Barcode data analysis
Elephants_Science.pdf How many species of elephants?
Elephant_PRSLSB.pdf How many species of elephants?
Blaxter_2003_PRSLetters_tardigrades.pdf How many species of tardigrades?
Zettler_river_of_fire.pdf Microbial eukaryotic diversity: community surveys.
Diaz_eukaryotic_diversity.pdf Microbial eukaryotic diversity: community surveys.
Moreira.pdf Microbial eukaryotic diversity: community surveys.
Pons_2006_SysBiol_Barcodes.pdf Beetle barcoding in Australia
vogler&monaghan2007.pdf A discussion of DNA taxonomy

 


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