| Participation, Benefits, and Responsibilities |
How can I participate?
- Join existing campaigns or projects, propose new projects
- Inject COI sequences, trace files, specimen information onto BOLD
- Send identified Lepidoptera samples to the CCDB for barcode analyses
- Make new collections of Lepidoptera
- Sample museum collections
- Aid in the identification of unknown specimens and in the curation of checklists
Benefits
- Fast deposition and easy management of sequence and specimen data within BOLD
- Access to a set of analytical tools in BOLD (sequence analysis, GIS, image comparison, GenBank sequence mining)
- Combination of DNA barcodes and traditional approaches in an integrative taxonomic framework aiding the resolution of taxonomic questions
- CCDB may provide free DNA extraction and sequencing of COI barcodes for researchers with no access to sequencing facilities so long as the samples contribute to the iBOL Lepidoptera campaign
- DNA aliquots can be shared with sample donors for further molecular analyses (e.g. phylogenetic studies)
- Easy deposition of COI sequences to GenBank
- Campaign participants may share data with members of other projects (upon mutual agreements)
Responsibilities
- Campaign participants should provide identified specimens whenever possible
- Sample donors should provide detailed specimen information (e.g. collection information including collection date, GPS coordinates, sex, life stage, etc.) as well as an image(s) for each voucher specimen
- Donors should place barcoded specimens to a public collection whenever possible, ensuring long-term access to these specimens for scientific research
- Donors should re-examine specimen identifications when discrepancies are noted between morphological identification and COI results
- Participants should work closely with campaign coordinators to keep BOLD data up-to-date and accurate
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