INTERNATIONAL BARCODE OF LIFE (iBOL)

About:

• ZSI and iBOL have come together for further efforts in DNA barcoding, a methodology for rapidly and accurately identifying species by sequencing a short segment of standardized gene regions and comparing individual sequences to a reference database.
  
  
• iBOL is a research alliance involving nations that have committed both human and financial resources to enable expansion of the global reference database and/or the analytical protocols needed to use the reference library to inventory, assess, and describe biodiversity.
  
  
• The MoU will enable ZSI to participate at the Global level programmes like Bioscan and Planetary Biodiversity Mission.