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Taiwan study develops COI barcode reference library for 48 non-volant terrestrial mammal taxa

A study of 48 non-volant terrestrial mammal taxa in Taiwan generated 157 voucher-linked COI sequences, expanded BOLD coverage of the sampled set from 68.75% to 100% and flagged ano...

Novel biosensor uses DNA ‘barcodes’ to uncover disease signals in cells

RNA sequencing can read Detectron-generated DNA barcodes, enabling scalable detection of specific RNA signals associated with infection, gene activity and other cellular processes....

Cuticular DNA identifies hosts of adult parasitoid wasps

A laboratory study detected host DNA on the cuticles of adult parasitoid wasps in 49% of samples, offering a non-destructive way to identify some host associations without rearing...

Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Uncovers Diversity and Relationships of Black Sea Sturgeons

Sturgeons are among the oldest surviving lineages of bony fish on Earth, having first appeared roughly 200 million years ago during the Jurassic period. Often called living fossils...

Morphological and genetic study describes new Acrossocheilus species in Hunan

A morphological and mitochondrial study of 11 fish specimens from Hunan Province described Acrossocheilus zhangjiajiensis as a new species and reported its complete mitochondrial g...

DNA main hope for identity, but backlog overwhelms Nepal forensic labs

Balanced DNA interpolation improves learning of genetic distance-informed embeddings in plants

by Lara M. Kösters, Kevin Karbstein, Ladislav Hodač, Laura Albreht, Elvira Sahuquillo Balbuena, Daniel Botello, Olivier Hardy, Phebian Odufuwa, Eva Pardo Otero, Aireen Phang, Manue...

Thirty Million Compartments: Testing Single-Molecule PCR’s Potential

Countable Labs has named Fred Hutchinson its first certified service provider, currently serving researchers across the Seattle region. And the company is continuing to build its l...

Cell Senescence ‘Barcodes’ Identified with Raman Microscopy and Gene Expression Data

Researchers combined Raman microscopy with gene expression data at single-cell resolution from the same cells, and AI, to develop RamanOmics, a noninvasive way to detect biomarkers...

How DNA ‘fingerprinting’ is keeping Malaysia’s green turtles safe from poachers

As dawn breaks on Mataking Island off Sabah’s east coast, a tiny green turtle crawls across the sand, driven by instinct towards the surf before disappearing into the ocean on a jo...

DNA evidence topples a 90-year-old millipede genus in western China

An integrative taxonomic study shows that the millipede genus Mandarinopus is polyphyletic and nested within Kronopolites, prompting its formal synonymization and a revision of the...

DNA test detects elusive eastern pine snake without finding the animal

The 100 Diatom Genomes Project

by Thomas Mock, Gust Bilcke, Eliott Flaum, Shunan Fu, Lilian Hoch, Kevin Moog, Nadine Rijsdijk, Elizabeth C. Ruck, Ian W. Bishop, Carole Duchene, Reuben Gilbertson, Amanda Hopes, C...

Shrubby Cinquefoil Mitochondrial Genomes Reveal Hidden DNA Traffic Between Cell Compartments

The first complete mitochondrial genomes of Dasiphora fruticosa and D. glabra reveal stable gene cores, lineage-specific repeats, and extensive DNA transfer between cellular compar...

Machine Learning Meets Forensic DNA: SNPs That Identify Relatives and Separate East Asian Populations

A team of forensic geneticists in China has shown that a panel of roughly 2,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, paired with machine learning algorithms can reliably ident...

Ancient giant tortoise DNA reveals secrets lost to time

Some of the most important genomes of our time are not stored in freezers or sequencing centers, but in the drawers and vaults of natural history museums, locked inside bones that...

Forum review finds fungal naming rules unclear on environmental-sample types

A forum review finds that the fungal naming code permits conflicting interpretations of whether environmental DNA samples can serve as type material.

CRISPR nanodroplets identify multiple mycobacterial species in mixed samples

A genome-informed CRISPR platform combines microfluidic droplets and molecular recognition to distinguish closely related mycobacteria, identifying up to five species in mixed samp...

Hidden Earwig Lineage Rewrites the Family Tree of a Puzzling Insect Group

New DNA and morphological evidence shows the earwig genus Epilandex belongs in its own subfamily, prompting the new name Epilandicinae and the reclassification of a species describ...

DNA Experts Reach Flood-Hit Nepal, Gujarat Team Ready For Identification

The Gandhinagar team will handle all incoming biological specimens and run DNA matching procedures around the clock as soon as the initial batches arrive from Nepal.

Speeding up taxonomy in the digital age: A deep learning approach for identifying cryptic freshwater snails

by Dennis Vetter, Muhammad Ahsan, Diana Delicado, Thomas A. Neubauer, Thomas Wilke, Gemma Roig Cryptic species complexes pose fundamental challenges to biologists, as species exhi...

Direct microhaplotype genotyping for GT-seq (Genotyping-in-Thousands by Sequencing) using a diploid abundance model

by Nathan R. Campbell, Amanda R. Campbell, Shannon K. Blair, Amanda J. Finger GT-seq (Genotyping-in-Thousands by Sequencing) is widely used for high-throughput amplicon genotyping...

Crush-side DNA test delivers reliable results in less than 24 hours

Fast, on-farm genetic testing for cattle is practical and achievable for northern producers, according to a recent research project

New Microhaplotype Databases and Tools Reveal Crop Genetic Diversity

Tiny DNA Signatures Give Crop Breeders a Sharper View of Hidden Genetic Diversity Plant breeders have gained a new way to see genetic variation that standard DNA markers can miss....