A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aulacomnium heterostichum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
eDNA detections1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcL1
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualAulacomnium heterostichum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size436 188 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Aulacomnium heterostichum0.44 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 054 records
Wild obs. + sensor513
Museum / vouchered1 538
Other3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 104 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 251≤1 km 57≤10 km 18>10 km 90
416 georeferenced · 97 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor513
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy31% within 1 km
≤100 m 12≤1 km 205≤10 km 435>10 km 42
694 georeferenced · 844 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 538
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions39 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
300
Knoxville, US
181
Durham, US
168
Saint Louis, US
160
PHlocation not on record
112
Chicago, US
66
Madison, US
59
Cincinnati, US
45
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
39
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
29
New Haven, US
29
Ann Arbor, US
26
Chapel Hill, US
23
Minia, EG
20
US
20
Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
18
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
17
Vancouver, CA
15
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
14
Fayetteville, US
14
CASlocation not on record
14
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
12
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
11
Hudson, US
11
Hiroshima Universitylocation not on record
10
St. Paul, US
10
College Park, US
9
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
MAlocation not on record
6
Portland, US
6
Clemson, US
5
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
4
Frankfurt am Main
3
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
3
Paris, FR
3
Mexico City, MX
3
Beijing, CN
3
Davis, US
3
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
3
Logan, US
3
New Brunswick, US
3
Davenport, US
3
AUAlocation not on record
2
US
2
EL PASO, US
2
Stockholm, SE
2
kunlocation not on record
2
UnBlocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Tomioka, JP
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
San Jose, US
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
AADClocation not on record
1
Honolulu, US
1
Fort Hayslocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Columbia, US
1
KIRMlocation not on record
1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
1
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
1
Blacksburg, US
1
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
1
Helsinki, FI
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Trondheim, NO
1
WINlocation not on record
1
68 institutions · 1 521 of 1 538 vouchered records shown · 17 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Aulacomnium heterostichum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 054 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.44 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗