Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) is an international collaborative effort which aims to use DNA barcoding to generate a unique genetic barcode for every species of life on earth. The science behind the Consortium's initiative has met with considerable controversy, with responses ranging fr...
effectivewaysof assigningaspecimentoaknownspecies.Inthesecases,ashortstandardizeddiagnosticgene regionmaybesufficient,makingadiversearrayofregionsunnecessary.DNAbarcodinguses thisstandardizedminimalistapproachtospecimenidentification,andtheConsortiumforthe BarcodeofLife(CBOL),supportedbytheAlfredP.SloanFoundation,ispromoting...
Ian MichaelDNA barcoding is the use of short standardized regions of DNA to identify unknown samples to species. CBOL's Plant Working Group announced that portions of two coding chloroplast gene regions, and , would serve as DNA barcodes for plants in 2009.Cohen, Iam Michael...
Consortium for the Barcode of Life. (2009). CBOL approves matK and rbcL as the BARCODE regions for Land Plants. Available at: http:// www.barcoding.si.edu/PDF/PlantWG/CBOL%20Decision%20%20 Plant%20Barcode%20Regions.pdf (Accessed 15 October 2010)....
Forensic botany II, DNA barcode for land plants: Which markers after the international agreement? From the beginning, the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) showed a lack of agreement on a core plant barcode, reflecting the diversity of ... Ferri,Corradini,Ferrari,... - FORENSIC SCI...