GAPeDNA: Assessing and mapping global species gaps in genetic databases for eDNA metabarcoding

By V. Marques, Tristan Milhau, Camille Albouy, Tony Dejean, S. Manel, David Mouillot, J. Juhel. Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2021

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Environmental DNA metabarcoding has recently emerged as a non‐invasive tool for aquatic biodiversity inventories, frequently surpassing traditional methods for detecting a wide range of taxa in most habitats. The major limitation currently impairing the large‐scale application of eDNA‐based inventories is the lack of species sequences available in public genetic databases. Unfortunately, these gaps are still unknown spatially and taxonomically, hindering targeted future sequencing efforts.

Subfields: Ecology, Molecular Biology

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