DNA Barcoding is a wonderful initiative inspired by the retail barcoding industry – where each unique product carries a unique barcode number which can be used to call up a host of other information on the item – and create a barcode library cataloguing the huge array of species found on earth. By using a small section of a particular plant or animal’s DNA to create a unique identifier for that species, a “barcode” for that creature can be catalogued – although of course they are far more complicated than normal linear barcodes! (And maybe prettier too…)
By Cat Robinson
What is DNA barcoding and where did it originate? Canadian researcher Paul Herbert and his team...
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