Reviewing Metabarcoding Guidelines and Understanding Sources of Error

The overall project aim is to contribute to greater use of DNA-based methods for monitoring species and ecosystems by environmental public bodies. This project will focus particularly on metabarcoding, and aims to improve end user understanding and awareness of: • What guidance documents and standards for using metabarcoding in environmental exist and what the strengths and weaknesses of these documents are • Why metabarcoding results can differ from conventional methods, and potential approaches to mitigation where these differences may arise from error or bias in metabarcoding. DNA-based methods for detecting and identifying species have many potential applications within the Defra gro…

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