http://smithsonianscience.org/2011/12/smithsonians-work-with-dna-barcoding-is-making-seafood-substitution-and-mislabeling-easier-to-catch/ News about the Smithsonian’s research in the fields of anthropology, astrophysics, conservation biology, geology, materials science, paleontology, zoology, and global climate change. Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 http://smithsonianscience.org/2011/12/smithsonians-work-with-dna-barcoding-is-making-seafood-substitution-and-mislabeling-easier-to-catch/#comment-18231 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:02:05 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=16780#comment-18231 The Smithsonian’s DNA lab is also one of the core sequencing facilities in the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, which is extending barcode coverage to a wide range of socio-econoimically relevant species, such as pollinators, agricultural and forestry pests, and vectors of human pathogens, via the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD, http://www.boldsystems.org).

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