Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed ...

To do this, scientists extract DNA from tiny tissue samples taken from organisms of interest and sequence specific sections within or between genes for DNA barcoding. Subsequently, they match the ...

On an October afternoon, I watch as Kate Crosby uses a DNA extraction robot to purify genetic material from frog tissues that a researcher had sent to the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO) to be ...

The Earth is filled with species diversity, much of which remains unknown. While scientists have identified between two and ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), river blindness is among the most neglected tropical diseases. It is caused ...

The Human Genome Project has been finished—why is it important to look at the genomes of other species? Species inventory projects can reveal insights into biodiversity and utility for humans ...

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The research, published in the journal ‘Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases', presents the first-ever use of DNA barcoding in India to identify the elusive fly species responsible for ...