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Nicholas W. Bard

Centre for Biodiversity GenomicsORCID 0000-0003-0629-9966Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintAug 31, 2026

The Metabarcoding Analysis Pipeline (MAP): Simple, accurate, and flexible metabarcoding

Sean W. J. Prosser, Nicholas W. Bard, Ken A. Thompson…·Paul D. N. Hebert

The paper introduces MAP, a metabarcoding pipeline that handles long-read data and provides accurate biodiversity estimates, outperforming existing platforms for COI metabarcoding.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.22.740107

metagenomicsexperimental assay

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintJul 24, 2026

The Barcode Inference Pipeline (BIP): From Sequencer Output to DNA Barcodes

Sean W. J. Prosser, Ken A. Thompson, Nicholas W. Bard…·Paul D. N. Hebert

The paper introduces BIP, a pipeline for DNA barcode inference from sequencing data, which outperforms existing tools by accurately distinguishing target and non-target sequences.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.21.739876

DNA methylationstatistical model

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