By analyzing 503 dried maw samples, researchers identified 39 species, including critically endangered European eels and ...

Twenty years ago, DNA barcoding gave us the ability to catalogue all life on planet Earth. The idea was coined by the University of Guelph's Paul Hebert and now he's eager to get the public ...

A technique called DNA barcoding could provide a quick and affordable way to help manage endangered species in Atlantic Canada fisheries, a University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) researcher has ...

Call it a DNA digital Dewey Decimal System for all life on Earth. Every species, from extinct to thriving, is set to get its own DNA barcode in an attempt to better track the ones that are ...

How DNA Barcoding Went From Biodiversity Tracker to Food Fraud Detector Technology Networks speaks to the method’s pioneer, Paul Hebert, to learn about its history.

For years, experts have been sounding the alarm on mislabelling and food fraud. Now, scientists are using DNA barcoding to determine whether your food is really what you think it is. Ann Hui reports ...

Uses of DNA barcoding aren’t limited to the esoteric. In 2009, Steinke’s team worked with CTV Montreal to analyze 48 samples of sushi from 16 different restaurants in the city.

A DNA kit from Guelph researchers can help identify food fraud at home University of Guelph researchers developed LifeScanner to enable people to identify species ...

When scientists discovered how bacteria protect themselves against viral invaders, called phages, in the early 2000s, little ...