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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics - University of Guelph (BIOUG-Arthropods)

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) at the University of Guelph is spearheading a novel approach to biodiversity research within Canada and internationally. Its three research units -- CBG Collections, CBG Genomics (or the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, CCDB) and CBG Informatics -- are advancing 21st century biodiversity science by enabling species identification and discovery that is based on the analysis of sequence diversity in short, standardized gene regions, DNA barcodes. CBG Co… More

Collection Manager: Jayme Sones, jsones@uoguelph.ca
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 7 December 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
CBG-DwC-import-2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Cite this collection:
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics - University of Guelph. Occurrence dataset (ID: 0a7484ce-bcdc-45ec-8a0b-8d08da0acc7f) accessed via the New Brunswick Museum Collections Portal, /portal, 2024-05-03).
Collection Statistics
  • 46,726 specimen records
  • 46,720 (100%) georeferenced
  • 46,722 GenBank, 91,859 BOLD genetic references
  • 17,293 (37%) identified to species
  • 480 families
  • 1,486 genera
  • 1,910 species
  • 1,910 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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