Winds of change: Detecting species from airborne DNA just got real

Mongabay
Feb 11, 2022, 11:27 am420 pts
Environmental DNA has changed the way conservationists monitor biodiversity. By sequencing the genetic material found in water and soil samples, scientists can study entire ecosystems or detect rare animals too elusive to track using traditional methods. Teams have used environmental DNA, or eDNA, to inventory…

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