Environmental DNA reveals that rivers are conveyer belts of biodiversity information

Autor: Kristy Deiner, Emanuel A. Fronhofer, Elvira Mächler, Jean-Claude Walser, Florian Altermatt
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12544
Popis: DNA of a given organism can be detected from its surroundings. Here, Deiner and colleagues use so-called environmental DNA to estimate biodiversity of both aquatic and terrestrial organisms in and near river.
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