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  • DNA Barcoding

RBGE Barcoding Publications

  • Our DNA Barcoding publications include:

     

    Zeng, CX, Hollingsworth PM, Yang J, He ZS, Zhang ZR, Li DZ, Yang JB (2018). Genome skimming herbarium specimens for DNA barcoding and phylogenomics. Plant Methods 12, 43

    Tan SL, Luo YH, Hollingsworth PM, Burgess KS, Xu K, Li DZ, Gao LM (2018). DNA barcoding herbaceous and woody plant species at a subalpine forest dynamics plot in Southwest China. Ecology and Evolution

    Wang X, Gussarova G, Ruhsam M, de Vere N, Metherell C, Hollingsworth PM, Twyford AD (2018) DNA barcoding British Euphrasia reveals deeply divergent polyploids but lack of species-level resolution. AoB Plants 10, 6053

    Ruhsam M, Hollingsworth PM (2018) Authentication of Eleutherococcus and Rhodiola herbal supplement products in the United Kingdom. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 149, 403-409

    Hollingsworth PM, Neaves L, Twyford AD (2017). Using DNA sequence data to enhance understanding of plant diversity at the species level. In S Blackmore,S Oldfield (eds). Plant Conservation Science & Practice - The Role of Botanic Gardens. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp.23-48.

    Adamowicz, SJ, Hollingsworth PM, Ratnasingham S, Van der Bank M (2017). International barcode of life: focus on big biodiversity in South Africa. Genome 60, 875-879

    Hollingsworth PM, Li D, VanderBank M, Twyford AD (2016). Telling plant species apart with DNA: from barcodes to genomes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B; 371, 20150338.

    Hebert PDN, Hollingsworth PM, Hajibabaei M (2016). From writing to reading the encyclopedia of life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B, 371, 20150321

    Hebert PDN, Hajibabaei M, HOLLINGSWORTH PM (eds) (2016). DNA barcoding: from species to biomes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, vol 371.

    Hofbauer WK, Forrest LL, Hollingsworth PM, Hart ML (2016). Mosses involved in the primary colonisation of modern building surfaces – genetic aspects. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution, 38, 1-22.

    Coissac, E, Hollingsworth PM, Lavergne, S, Taberlet, P (2016). From barcodes to genomes: extending the concept of DNA barcoding. Molecular Ecology, 25, 1423-1428.

    Ruhsam M, Clark A, Finger A, Wulff AS, Mill RR, Thomas PI, Gardner MF, Gaudeul M, Ennos RA, Hollingsworth PM. (2016). Hidden in plain view: cryptic diversity in the emblematic Araucaria of New Caledonia. American Journal of Botany, 103, 888-898.

    Ruhsam M, Rai HS, Mathews S, Ross TG, Graham SW, Raubeson LA, Mei W, Thomas PI, Gardner MF, Ennos RA, Hollingsworth PM (2015). Does complete plastid genome sequencing improve species discrimination and phylogenetic resolution in Araucaria? Molecular Ecology Resources, 15, 1067-1078.

    Schoch CL, Seifert KA, and Fungal Barcoding Consortium (2012) Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 6241-6246. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1117018109.

    Fazekas AJ, Kuzmina M, Newmaster Steven G, Hollingsworth PM (2012) DNA barcoding methods for land plants. Methods in Molecular Biology, 858: 223-252.

    Bell D, Long DG, Forrest AD, Hollingsworth ML, Blom HH, Hollingsworth PM (2012) DNA barcoding European Herbertus (Marchantiopsida, Herbertaceae) and the discovery and description of a new species. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12, 36-47.

    Hollingsworth PM (2011) Refining the DNA barcode for land plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, 19451-19452.

    Hollingsworth PM, Graham SW, Little DP (2011) Choosing and using a plant DNA barcode. PLoSONE, 6(5): e19254.

    Kelly L, Hollingsworth PM, Coppins B, Ellis C, Harrold P, Tosh J, Yahr R (2011) DNA barcoding of lichenized fungi demonstrates high identification success in a floristic context. New Phytologist, 191, 288-300.

    Fazekas AJ, Steeves R, Newmaster SG, Hollingsworth PM (2010). Stopping the stutter: Improvements in sequence quality from regions with mononucleotide repeats can increase the usefulness of non-coding regions for DNA barcoding. Taxon, 59, 694-697.

    CBOL Plant Working Group - Hollingsworth PM, Forrest L, Spouge J, Hajibabaei M, Ratnasingham S, van-der-Bank M, Chase M, Cowan R, Erickson D, Fazekas A, Graham S, James K, Kim KJ, Kress W, Schneider H, van-Alphen-Stahl J, Barrett S, van-den-Berg C, Bogarin D, Burgess K, Cameron K, Carine M, Chacón J, Clark A, Conrad F, Devey D, Clarkson J, Ford C, Hedderson T, Hollingsworth M, Husband B, Kelly L, Kesanakurti P, Kim J, Kim Y, Lahaye R, Lee HL, Long D, Madriñán S, Maurin O, Meusnier I, Newmaster S, Park CW, Percy D, Petersen G, Richardson J, Salazar G, Savolainen V, Seberg O, Wilkinson M, Yi DK, Little D (2009) A DNA barcode for land plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 106, 12794-12797. [Commentary articles on this paper: PNAS (106, 12569-12570), Nature (doi:10.1038/news.2009.733) and Science (325, 526)].

    Hollingsworth ML, Clark A, Forrest LL, Richardson JE, Pennington RT, Long D, Cowan R, Chase MW, Gaudeul M, Hollingsworth PM (2009) Selecting barcoding loci for plants: evaluation of seven candidate loci with species level sampling in three divergent groups of land plants Molecular Ecology Resources,9, 439-457.

    Ford CS, Ayres KL, Haider N, Toomey N, van-Alpen-Stohl J, Kelly L, Wilstrom N, Hollingsworth PM et al. (2009) Selection of candidate DNA barcoding regions for use on land plants. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 159, 1-11.

    Hollingsworth PM (2008) DNA barcoding plants in biodiversity hotspots: progress and outstanding questions. Heredity, 101, 1-2. http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v101/n1/full/hdy200816a.html

    Hollingsworth PM. (2007) DNA barcoding: potential users. Genomics Society and Policy 3, 44-47.

    Chase MW, Cowan RS, Hollingsworth PM, van den Berg C, Madrinan S, Petersen G, Seberg O, Jorgsensen T, Cameron KM, Carine M, Pedersen N, Hedderson TAJ, Conrad F, Salazar GA, Richardson JE, Hollingsworth ML, Barraclough TG, Kelly L and Wilkinson M (2007) A proposal for a standard protocol to barcode all land plants. Taxon, 56, 295-299.

     

     

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