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Barcoding nature [electronic resource] : shifting cultures of taxonomy in an age of biodiversity loss / Claire Waterton, Rebecca Ellis and Brian Wynne.

By: Waterton, ClaireContributor(s): Ellis, Rebecca (Social scientist) | Wynne, Brian, 1947-Material type: TextTextSeries: Genetics and societyPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. Description: xi, 212 p. : illISBN: 9780203870440 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Biology -- Classification | Biology -- Classification -- Social aspects | DNA fingerprinting of plants | DNA fingerprinting of animals | Bar coding | Genomics -- Data processing | Genetic markers | Biodiversity -- Monitoring | Biodiversity conservationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. DNA barcoding : revolution or conciliation? -- 3. What's in a barcode? : the use, selection and (de)naturalization of genetic markers -- 4. 'A leg away for DNA' : mobilizing, compiling and purifying material for DNA barcoding -- 5. Extending the barcoding frontier -- 6. Archiving diversity : BOLD -- 7. BOLI as redemptive technoscientific innovation -- 8. What is it? : identifying nature and valuing utility -- 9. Barcoding nature : final reflections.
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"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-206) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. DNA barcoding : revolution or conciliation? -- 3. What's in a barcode? : the use, selection and (de)naturalization of genetic markers -- 4. 'A leg away for DNA' : mobilizing, compiling and purifying material for DNA barcoding -- 5. Extending the barcoding frontier -- 6. Archiving diversity : BOLD -- 7. BOLI as redemptive technoscientific innovation -- 8. What is it? : identifying nature and valuing utility -- 9. Barcoding nature : final reflections.

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