深圳华大基因研究院与生物医学中心（BioMed Central）联合创办的开放式期刊——《GigaScience》发布了一项新的生物多样性研究技术——PCR-free metabarcoding，该方法摆脱了传统研究中对PCR扩增的依赖，转而从匀浆的混合昆虫样本中提取DNA并直接使用高通量测序技术 ...

马铃薯（Solanum tuberosum）是全球粮食安全的重要作物，中国马铃薯种植受虫害影响严重，但昆虫群落特征不明。研究人员通过 DNA metabarcoding 技术研究云南马铃薯田昆虫多样性，确定 1707 个 BINs，为害虫监测管理及生物多样性研究提供数据支持。 马铃薯作为全球第 ...

Healthy freshwater ecosystems are crucial for supporting wildlife and supplying humans with necessities like food, water, energy, and transportation. Despite this, there is a remarkable lack of data ...

Metabarcoding & Metagenomics (MBMG) has been approved for inclusion in Clarivate’s Web of Science, one of the most renowned citation databases that indexes the world’s leading scholarly journals. This ...

Researchers found that DNA metabarcoding is an effective tool for detection of a broad range of biodiversity in water samples compared to traditional morphological identification methods. The ability ...

Lilian Pukk, Jeannette Kanefsky, Amanda L. Heathman, Ellen M. Weise, Lucas R. Nathan, Seth J. Herbst, Nicholas M. Sard, Kim T. Scribner, John D. Robinson Diversity ...

A new study has shown that DNA metabarcoding serves as a powerful new tool for monitoring humans’ intake of plants, which could help researchers understand more about what we eat and how it affects ...

Rot development during fruit storage is a problem. Now, metabarcoding may become a tool for detecting fungi that can cause diseases in apples. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

The African wild dog is one of Africa’s most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human contact and utilising vast, remote territories to remain out of sight. Current ...