metabarcoding
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editmetabarcoding (uncountable)
- (genetics) A method of DNA barcoding that uses universal PCR primers to identify DNA from a mixture of organisms
- 2015 July 9, “Can DNA-Based Ecosystem Assessments Quantify Species Abundance? Testing Primer Bias and Biomass—Sequence Relationships with an Innovative Metabarcoding Protocol”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- We developed and tested a DNA metabarcoding protocol that utilises the standard cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding fragment to detect freshwater macroinvertebrate taxa.