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doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.323; Published online 31 October 2009

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Marine life census

Complete with DNA 'barcodes', a new database of India's marine life is now available on the internet.

The database lists at least 15,000 species from India's coasts and has handy DNA fingerprints of the listed marine life.

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