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Environmental DNA – how a tool used to detect endangered wildlife ended up helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Written by Jessica Alice Farrell, PhD Candidate in Biology, University of Florida
imageLooking for bits of DNA at the University of Florida.David Duffy, CC BY-ND

Imagine discovering an animal species you thought had gone extinct was still living – without laying eyes on it. Such was the case with the Brazilian frog species Megaelosia bocainensis, whose complete disappearance in 1968 led scientists to believe it had become...

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