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Following on from adding DNA barcodes to GBIF I've now uploaded a taxonomic classification of DNA barcode BINs (Barcode Index Numbers). Each BIN is a cluster of similar DNA barcodes that is essentially equivalent to a species. For more details see: ...

Annelid polychaetes have been seldom the focus of dedicated DNA barcoding studies, despite their ecological relevance and often dominance, particularly in soft-bottom estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems. Here we report the first assessment of the...

Country International Short Summary SAP Supports Crowdsourcing Project With Barcode of Life, Engages With Tru-ID, a Member of the SAP® Startupo Help Clean Up Food Supply Chain In an effort to improve people's lives, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced...

LONDON — In an effort to improve people’s lives, SAP SE today announced initiatives that aim to use Big Data to help better understand the planet’s diversity and enhance food safety. The initiatives intend to use the SAP HANA platform to collect and...

The rate of species extinction has lent urgency to the description of new species, but what is the point of new names without meaningful data?  A new collaboration between, BGI-Shenzhen, GigaScience and Pensoft Publishers presents an innovative...