BOLDconnectR: An R package for streamlined retrieval, transformation, and analysis of DNA barcode data on BOLD

• Sameer M. Padhye ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sameer M. Padhye, Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia, Sujeevan Ratnasingham

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: spadhye@uoguelph.ca

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2125-3213

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• Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sameer M. Padhye, Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia, Sujeevan Ratnasingham

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Direction de l’Expertise – DGD-REVE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Josh Agda ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Validation

  ¶‡ JA, JA and PDNH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Jireh Agda ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Validation

  ¶‡ JA, JA and PDNH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Paul D. N. Hebert ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JA, JA and PDNH also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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• Sujeevan Ratnasingham

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sameer M. Padhye, Liliana Ballesteros-Mejia, Sujeevan Ratnasingham

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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