Partnerships: Barcoding Initiatives
The Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding is currently partnered with a number of DNA barcoding initiatives throughout the world. A number of these research partners are listed below.
The Fish Barcode of Life Initiative (FISH-BOL) is a global effort to coordinate the assembly of a standardized reference library of DNA barcode sequences for all fish species.
The All-Leps Barcode of Life Initiative (All Leps) is an effort that employs DNA barcoding to advance the identification and discovery of Lepidoptera.
The Canadian Barcode of Life Network represents the first national network dedicated to large-scale DNA barcoding. The network itself is made up of nearly 50 researchers from across the country who are working towards the development and application of DNA technologies in the area of species identifications.
All Birds Barcoding Initiative (ABBI) aims to collect DNA barcodes from the approximately 10,000 species of known birds and speed discovery of new species, establishing an electronic library that links barcodes, reference specimens in collections, and associated collection data.
PolarBOL lays the foundation for a program of Polar Research Observatories for Biodiversity and the Environment (PROBE) that will alleviate the taxonomic impediment by using DNA-based approaches to identify and characterize the genetic, genomic, and species diversity in Canada’s polar regions.