Reference Request
Finding Aids to Personal Papers and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 17-269
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Website Records, 2017
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of two websites maintained by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), an international initiative devoted to developing DNA barcoding as a global standard for the identification of biological species since 2004, as they existed on February 21, 2017.
The "Barcode of Life: Identifying Species with DNA Barcoding" website provides information for and about the DNA barcoding community, including events, publications, and other resources. It also includes information about CBOL and the International Barcode of Life project (iBOL), the largest biodiversity genomics initiative ever undertaken.
"Barcode of Life: Connect" is a community space that includes discussion forums and blog posts. This accession may not include all public content and does not include password-protected content.
Materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Barcode of Life: Connect (Website)
- Barcode of Life: Identifying Species with DNA Barcoding (Website)
- International Barcode of Life (Project)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-269, Website Records