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UK Barcode of Life: 2024 project.

Published online: 05 Dec 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Price, B. & Cristovao, J. & Sivell, O. & Hall, D. W. & Beasley, J. & Paul, A. & Powell, O. & White, O. W. & Askew, W.

Content type: Reports

DNA-based methods provide promising opportunities for species and assemblage monitoring, especially for difficult-to-observe taxa. Despite advancement...

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UK Barcode of Life: 2023 project - DEFRA Centre of Excellence for DNA Methods.

Published online: 05 Sep 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Price, B. & Cristovao, J. & Sivell, O. & Hall, A. & Hall, D. W. & White, O. & Wilbraham, J. & Brodie, J. & Blagoderov, V. & Whiffin, A. & Cuber, P. & Davis, R. & Misra, R. & Leatherland, D. & Clark, K.

Content type: Reports

DNA-based methods offer a significant opportunity to monitor individual species and species assemblages where appropriate, for example those that may ...

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UK Barcode of Life: 2022 project update.

Published online: 06 Jan 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Price, B. & Cristovao, J. & Hall, A. & Cuber, P. & Geeves, C. & Salatino, S. & White, O. & Davis, R. & Scott, B. & Misra, R. & Leatherland, D. & Clark, K.

Content type: Reports

Gaps in DNA reference libraries of UK species were identified by the Defra DNA Centre of Excellence Working Group as one of the main barriers preventi...

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Initiation of UK Barcode of Life and filling priority gaps.

Published online: 17 Jul 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Price, B. & Misra, R. & Broad, G. & Clark, K.

Content type: Reports

This report describes the progress in the formation of the UK Barcode of Life (UKBOL) steering group and progress in barcoding priority eukaryote spec...

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Comparison of the effect of time and preservative on the quality of DNA from pitfall traps.

Published online: 28 Dec 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to generate evidence to inform best practise guidance for Natural England staff wishing to use DNA metabarcoding to identi...

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Morphology and mini-barcodes: the inclusion of larval sampling and NGS-based barcoding improves robustness of ecological analyses of mosquito communities.

Published online: 01 Nov 2021

Authors: Yeo HuiQing & Yeoh TzeXuan & Ding HuiCong & Lee TzeMing [Lee, T. M. T.] & Puniamoorthy, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A significant proportion of vector-borne diseases are transmitted by blood-sucking dipterans, including mosquitoes. Understanding transmission risks r...

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The efficacy of DNA sequencing on samples of terrestrial invertebrates 2018/2019.

Published online: 09 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C. & Maddison, B. M. & Owen, J. P. & Baker, C. A. & Bishop, K. & Gough, K. C. & Webb, J. R.

Content type: Reports

This publication reports on the accuracy of DNA species identification for invertebrates, and investigates also on the reliability of the BOLD databas...

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Testing the validity of using eDNA for carbon origin analysis from sediment cores.

Published online: 28 Nov 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pagaling, E. & Buswell, V. G. & Cooper, A. & Hedley, P. & Cock, P. J. A. & Robinson, L. & Morris, J.

Content type: Reports

The present pilot study tested the validity of metabarcoding to characterise blue carbon stocks in the UK using sediments from the Solway Firth. This ...

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GenePools: Investigating the life that dwells in garden ponds.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C. & Baker, C. & Kane, S. & Owen, J.

Content type: Reports

This study describes the use of GenePools to determine the combination of citizen science with eDNA metabarcoding techniques to measure biodiversity w...

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Chinese mystery snail, Cipangopaludina chinensis, phylogenetic analysis and barcoding: Pevensey Levels, Sussex; and Southampton, Hampshire.

Published online: 08 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Rees, H. C. & Measures, G. H.

Content type: Reports

This study was commissioned to build on the qPCR assay developed for detecting Cipangopaludina chinensis by ADAS in 2021 (NECR410). The qPCR successfu...

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