Barcoding Nature: Shifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an Age of Biodiversity Loss

ISBN-13: 9780415554794 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 212 str.

Claire Waterton; Rebecca Ellis; Brian E. Wynne

Opis

DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new, fast, digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism's genome (a so-called 'micro-genome') can faithfully identify and help to classify every species on the planet. The fear that species are becoming extinct before they have ever been known fuels barcoders, and the speed, scope, economy and 'user-friendliness' claimed for DNA barcoding, as part of the larger ferment around the 'genomics revolution', has also encouraged promises that it could inspire humanity to reverse its biodiversity-destructive habits. This book is based on six years of ethnographic research on changing practices in the identification and classification of natural species.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. DNA Barcoding: Revolution or Conciliation?  3. What’s In a Barcode? The Use, Selection and De-Naturalisation of Genetic Markers  4. A Leg Away for DNA: Mobilizing, Compiling and Purifying Material for DNA Barcoding  5. Extending the Barcoding Frontier  6. Archiving Diversity: BOLD  7. BOLI as Redemptive Technoscientific Innovation  8. What Is It? Identifying Nature and Valuing Utility  9. Barcoding Nature: Final Reflections