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Norway’s taxonomy initiativeyields impressive results

Major boost for barcoding and species discovery Just two years after the launch of the Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative (NTI), the multi-million dollar effort is not only giving a major boost to DNA barcoding but also revealing surprising levels of undocumented diversity among the country’s insect fauna. All projects funded through NTI are required to sample [...]


Christian Brochmann

Vice-Chair, WG2.1 – Paleobarcoding National Centre for Biosystematics Natural History Museum University of Oslo, Norway Web:


Norway

Regional Node National Organization: Norwegian Barcode of Life network (NorBOL) SSC Representative Jan Lifjeld Natural History Museum, University of Oslo SSC Alternate Torbjørn Ekrem/ Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Goals • Make Norway a significant contributor to the global effort of building a DNA barcode archive for all [...]


Jan Lifjeld

Norway representative Professor, National Centre for Biosystematics, Natural History Museum University of Oslo, Oslo Web: Profile Email: j.t.lifjeld@nhm.uio.no


Torbjørn Ekrem

Norway alternate Chair, WG1.10 – Polar Life Associate Professor, NTNU Museum of Natural History & Archeology, Trondheim, Norway Web: Profile Email: Torbjorn.Ekrem@vm.ntnu.no


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