Metabarcoding

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A method of DNA barcoding that uses universal PCR primers to identify DNA from a mixture of organisms uncountable

    "We developed and tested a DNA metabarcoding protocol that utilises the standard cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding fragment to detect freshwater macroinvertebrate taxa."

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"We developed and tested a DNA metabarcoding protocol that utilises the standard cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) barcoding fragment to detect freshwater macroinvertebrate taxa."

Etymology

From meta- + barcoding.

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