Botany · Ch 5 — Taxonomy and Systematic Botany
DNA Barcoding
5.11.6
DNA Barcoding
DNA barcoding works much like a supermarket scanner reading a Universal Product Code (UPC) - it uses a very short, standard genetic sequence (a 'DNA tag' or 'DNA barcode') from a fixed part of the genome to distinguish one species from another. Paul Hebert proposed the method in 2003 and is considered the 'Father of barcoding.' The approved barcode regions for plants are two chloroplast genes, matK and rbcL. An unknown species' sequence is matched against sequences already submitted to GenBank using BLAST (a web programme for finding the closest related sequence). …
Table 5.8International conferences of the Barcode of Life
| S.No. | Year | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | London, United Kingdom |
| 2 | 2007 | Taipei, Taiwan |
| 3 | 2009 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 4 | 2011 | Adelaide, Australia |
| 5 | 2013 | Yunnan, China |
| 6 | 2015 | Guelph, Canada |