DNA barcodes catalogue animals
Olle af Geijerstam
olle.af.geijerstam at gotlandica.se
Thu May 15 11:56:26 EDT 2003
http://www.nature.com/nsu/030512/030512-7.html
Several organizations, including the US National Museum of Natural History
at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, are also beginning to
apply the technique.
"It's an exciting tool - thus far I've been impressed by the results," says
museum entomologist Scott Miller. Members of museum staff are discussing
whether to launch a large-scale barcoding effort for the museum's
collections. Barcoding can work with small fragments, such as an insect's
leg, and on specimens collected decades ago.
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