What Is a DNA Barcode? A DNA barcode is a short, standardized region of the genome used to identify an organism to species. Strictly, the DNA barcode is the sequence or genomic region used as the ...

DNA barcoding employs short, standardised genetic regions to verify the identity of medicinal plant species and detect substitution or contamination. By amplifying and sequencing loci such as rbcL, ...

A research team led by Paul Schulze-Lefert from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, developed a modular toolkit for tracking bacterial strains colonizing plant ...

A new study has presented an updated estimate of the total number of insect species worldwide. The results suggest that 8 ...

For the Liu Lab, necessity is truly the mother of invention. The researchers were examining how the 3D organization of the genome controls development and needed to image hundreds of RNA molecules in ...

In the mid-1990s, Hiroyuki Nakai, now an adeno-associated virus (AAV) researcher at the Oregon Health and Science University, moved to the United States. Nakai quickly became fascinated with the ...

Researchers developed a forensic proteomics workflow that identified the species origin of hair using protein biomarkers ...