A study on DNA ‘bar coding’ put forth by the Canadian researchers is being anticipated to the unearthing of myriad number of new species. The study researchers foresee a kind of handheld device that would allow anyone to identify any species of plants or animals along with their biological characteristics within no time.
Paul Hebert, study co-author and director of the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario at the University of Guelph said:
Any person equipped with a bar-coder can walk through the forest and identify the life around them. Bar-coding is revealing legions of unrecognized species, and it’s going to change the species count for the planet.
Bar coding endeavors to segregate a tiny piece of DNA and have it characterized as a discrete numerical sequence that is about 650 digits long. The study also discovered sets of DNA ‘twins’. The handheld device that is likely to be the size of a global positioning system is expected to meet realism in around 10 years.
Via: globaandmail
