Barcode of Life: BankIt

1
Barcode of Life BankIt

• Creating an account
• FASTA files
• COI only (for now)
• Meet specific Barcode standards

2
Barcode Standards

• Approved regions. ITS?

648 bp
COI
Folmer Region
3
Barcode Standards

• Approved regions ITS?
• Minimum of 500bp

648 bp
COI
500 bp
Folmer Region
4
Barcode Standards

• Approved regions ITS?
• Minimum of 500bp
• No more than 1 ambiguous sites

648 bp
N
N
COI
500 bp
Folmer Region
5
Barcode Standards

• Forward and reverse sequence
• Submission of trace files

ITS
6
Voucher Specimen

• Life Science ID 818914
• Institution acronym (e.g., herbarium code)
• Collection code
• Geographic location
• Link to collection database

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Voucher Specimen

• Life Science ID 818914
• Institution acronym (e.g., herbarium code)
• Collection code
• Geographic location
• Link to collection database

• Hopefully include
• Latitude / Longitude
• Date of collection, collector, identifier