Everything about Barcode
Optical machine-readable representation of data
A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable symbolic form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D), can be scanned by optical scanners known as barcode readers. Later, two-dimensional (2D) variants were developed, using rectangles, dots, hexagons and other patterns, called matrix codes or 2D barcodes. Despite being often included as barcodes, these do not use bars as linear barcodes do. These can be read using purpose-built 2D optical scanners. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BarcodeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A mouse model with high clonal barcode diversity for joint lineage, transcriptomic, and epigenomic profiling in single cellsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Barcoding NatureThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: bold : The Barcode of Life Data System (http://www.barcodinglife.org)Cited 6,000 times
- Go sideways: Universal Product CodeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Barcode readerA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology.
Noun A portion of a gene that identifies a particular species.
Noun An instance of self-harm, typically with multiple parallel cuts along a line, similar in form to a machine barcode.
Verb To apply a barcode (machine-readable code) to.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
bold : The Barcode of Life Data System (http://www.barcodinglife.org)
Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi
ABGD, Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery for primary species delimitation
A DNA barcode for land plants
A DNA-Based Registry for All Animal Species: The Barcode Index Number (BIN) System
Validation of the ITS2 Region as a Novel DNA Barcode for Identifying Medicinal Plant Species
A Two-Locus Global DNA Barcode for Land Plants: The Coding rbcL Gene Complements the Non-Coding trnH-psbA Spacer Region
Choosing and Using a Plant DNA Barcode
🆕 Influential since 2022
A mouse model with high clonal barcode diversity for joint lineage, transcriptomic, and epigenomic profiling in single cells
Ribovirus classification by a polymerase barcode sequence
Functional Nucleic Acids-Engineered Bio-Barcode Nanoplatforms for Targeted Synergistic Therapy of Multidrug-Resistant Cancer
Genetics and epidemiology of mutational barcode-defined clonal hematopoiesis
Metal Organic Framework-Based Bio-Barcode CRISPR/Cas12a Assay for Ultrasensitive Detection of MicroRNAs
📚 Books worth reading
Barcoding NatureClaire Waterton · 2013
DNA barcodesW. John Kress, Erickson, David L. · 2012- 📕Are bar-codes the missing link to take inefficiences out of the logistical operationMartin Georg Kaspar · 2002
- 📕BARCODE READERPIONEER
Introduction to Access and Benefit-Sharing and the Nagoya ProtocolKate Davis, Alex Borisenko · 2017
The Macaronesian Laparocerus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae). Taxonomy, phylogeny, and natural history · 2022
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