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Thursday, September 10, 2009

DNA Barcoding

The authors propose that a segment of mitochondrial DNA can distinguish animal species. They imagine a day when a hand­­­­­held scanner (similar to a GPS device) will link to a database of the barcodes of all species. Then, by in­serting a snippet of tissue into the scanner, anyone can get an instant identification of a creature or plant.

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