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Back in the 1990s, the biologist Navdeep Chandel (opens a new tab) was a graduate student working on a mitochondrial enzyme called cytochrome c oxidase.—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025 From this tissue, the lab sequences a section of a gene known as cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1, or CO1.—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023 The specific sequence used was a fragment of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) mitochondrial gene that enables species to be identified without relying on any morphological indicators such as color or shape [4].—Ashton Yoon, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2017
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