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Sean Graham
Academic History
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems (UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research) and Dept. of Botany, University of British Columbia
- Research Director, UBC Botanical Garden
- Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Alberta, 1999-2003
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, 1996-1998
- Ph.D. Botany, University of Toronto, 1997
- B.Sc. Genetics, University of St. Andrews, 1989
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Choosing and using a plant DNA barcode.
PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e19254
Authors: Hollingsworth PM, Graham SW, Little DP
The main aim of DNA barcoding is to establish a shared community resource of DNA sequences that can be used for organismal identification and taxonomic clarification. This approach was successfully pioneered in animals using a portion of the cytochrome oxidase 1 (CO1) mitochondrial gene. In plants, establishing a standardized DNA barcoding system has been more challenging. In this paper, we review the process of selecting and refining a plant barcode; evaluate the factors which influence the discriminatory power of the approach; describe some early applications of plant barcoding and summarise major emerging projects; and outline tool development that will be necessary for plant DNA barcoding to advance.
PMID: 21637336 [PubMed - in process]
Link to abstract on PubMed: Choosing and using a plant DNA barcode.
