Is there a person or a place i can send species to for DNA and Genetic analysis to identify species?

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Also… there’s a “bar coding” channel on the inat Discord server. I’m happy you’re part of the conversation here too tho.

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Yeah never heard of him when i started my goal, brother asked if i was gonna be like him

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Banned on that server sadly

I said some stuff and got kicked, so i rejoined and they kept kicking me with no reason given so i kept joining, then i was banned because i was “evading punishment”

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I really like the idea of occasionally sending things off to an upstart company that is supporting the concept of barcoding in an egalitarian way. I have no interest in figuring out the details of it myself. Just like supporting those trying to make the technology more accessible.

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yeah,and hey it helps me as well

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If you got good at identifying microorganisms, you could spend the next 50 years in one city block without running out of new species.

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I also want to take the opportunity to remind everyone on this thread to maintain a civil tone. In the future, if you find yourself getting angry at another person’s comment, flag it so that a moderator can step in as soon as possible.

Considering I’m four days late, I’m not sure whether re-opening old wounds would be helpful. I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread moving forward.

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I agree with this, but what I’ve found is that traveling to inaccessible places is more fun (at least to me). The other thing I’ve noticed… trying to restore a small bit of land that you yourself own has been more fun to me than travel -or- identifying micro-organisms… just personal preference. What inevitably happens when you restore a space is that you look more and more closely at that place… while at the same time trying to ecologically restore it. I like that exploration and discovery, including DNA testing is increasingly open to everyone. Especially since I might want to engage in it on the place I’m restoring.

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