We need a bank of DNA from dirt and water to protect Australia's environment
- Written by Simon Jarman, Associate professor, Curtin University
Water sampling for eDNA analysis. Photograph credit: Katrina West., Author provided
Measuring biodiversity used to mean laboriously collecting samples and manually identifying the plants, animals and fungi. This might involve careful inspection under a microscope to spot identifying features. This takes a lot of time and generally requires an...
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