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DNA Barcoding: Practically a Household Term

Sep 22, 2007

DNA barcoding makes the leap to mainstream news: An article in The Economist describes what barcoding is, how it can be used, and offers many examples of how it's changing the science of taxonomy. An area where it's seen a lot of promise, says the article, is in public health: the Mosquito Barcoding Initiative, part of the Barcode of Life project, is hoping to barcode 80 percent of the world's mosquitoes within the next two years, in order to help control the spread of diseases carried by them.

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