A universal DNA barcode for the Tree of Life

https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/6567/

"a novel barcoding method that uses exceptionally low-coverage genome skim data to create a “varKode”, a two-dimensional image representing the genomic landscape of a species. Using these varKodes, we then train neural networks for precise taxonomic identification."

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A universal DNA barcode for the Tree of Life