Advances in sequencing technologies have accelerated the discovery of the genetic causation of diseases and new cell types. This revolution has also given rise to a new technique known as genetic ...

DNA barcodes : methods and protocols / W. John Kress and David L. Erickson -- Introduction to animal DNA barcoding protocols / Lee A. Weigt ... [et al.] -- DNA barcodes for insects / John James Wilson ...

With the ability to map dozens of biomarkers at once, a new method could transform testing for conditions including heart disease and cancer. With the ability to map dozens of biomarkers at once, a ...

It’s January 2013, and the UK and Ireland are both gripped by the same scandal. News has broken that several food products sold in both countries (all frozen burgers or ready meals) contain horse meat ...

Barcoding technologies that take advantage of the high information content that can be encoded in oligonucleotide sequences have enabled a wide array of applications in biotechnology, particularly ...

This is Hugo de Boer at the Natural History Museum (University of Oslo) uses DNA barcoding methods to identify what plant species has been used in commercial products, including foods and medicine.

A new study involving DNA barcoding to identify species accurately is expected to lead to better management and control strategies for blackflies, which are carriers of a worm causing river blindness.