Environmental DNA
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environmental-dna-175-17552997
title:
Environmental DNA
text:
Environmental DNA or eDNA is DNA that is collected from a variety of environmental samples such as soil, seawater, snow or air, rather than directly sampled from an individual organism. As various organisms interact with the environment, DNA is expelled and accumulates in their surroundings from various sources. Such eDNA can be sequenced by environmental omics to reveal facts about the species that are present in an ecosystem — even microscopic ones not otherwise apparent or detectable. In rece
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
DNA sampled from the environment rather than directly from an individual organism
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_DNA
date created:
2015-06-08T18:01:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T10:59:47Z
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