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- Title
Barcoding nature: strategic naturalization as innovatory practice in the genomic ordering of things.
- Authors
Waterton, Claire
- Abstract
The article discusses the genomic technology of DNA barcoding as a method for recognizing, ordering, and classifying species. Barcoding represents an advanced taxonomic methodology that utilizes a mitochondrial gene present in all animals, cytochrome oxidase 1 (COI). The author argues that while barcoding may seem to be grounded in nature, it actually carries out certain sociopolitical functions as well. Broadly, she is concerned with the naturalness of scientific classification and biotechnology, and relies heavily on the work of sociologist Emile Durkheim.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL classification methodology; CLASSIFICATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY -- Social aspects; GENOMICS; DNA; CYTOCHROME oxidase; DURKHEIM, Emile, 1858-1917; ONTOLOGY
- Publication
Sociological Review, 2010, Vol 58, Issue 1, p152
- ISSN
0038-0261
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01916.x