DNA Barcoding: Practically a Household Term

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DNA Barcoding: Practically a Household Term

Sep 21, 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.

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