DNA barcoding SOPs for the Darwin Tree of Life Project v1
Jordan Beasley, Rebekka Uhl, Laura L Forrest, David Bell, Michelle Hart, Rebecca Yahr, Estelle Kilias
Abstract
This collection of protocols describe the standard operating procedures for DNA barcoding in the Darwin Tree of Life project. The SOPs cover barcoding of macroalgae and marine protists, fungi and lichens at the Marine Biological Association, protists at the University of Oxford, plants and lichens at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh and animals at the Natural History Museum of London.
Topics & Concepts
DNA barcodingTree of life (biology)LichenDarwin (ADL)BiologyGeographyCharles darwinTree (set theory)EcologyEvolutionary biologyPhylogeneticsComputer scienceDarwinismGeneGeneticsMathematicsMathematical analysisSoftware engineeringEnvironmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesIsotope Analysis in EcologyMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology