Author Archives: Karen James

"Hurrah! Hurrah!" DNA barcoding and the lost story of Darwin's meadow

Posted on 8 Dec, 2014 by Karen James

Five years ago, I was a co-author on a consortium paper in PNAS that recommended two genes to serve as universal markers for DNA-based identification (DNA barcoding*) of plants. Five years ago, the world celebrated Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. You … Continue reading →

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