Environmental DNA: What's behind the term? Clarifying the terminology and recommendations for its future use in biomonitoring

The last decade brought a spectacular development of so‐called environmental (e)DNA studies. In general, “environmental DNA” is defined as DNA isolated from environmental samples, in contrast to genomic DNA that is extracted directly from specimens. However, the variety of different sources of eDNA...

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Published in:	Molecular ecology Vol. 29; no. 22; pp. 4258 - 4264
Main Authors:	Pawlowski, Jan, Apothéloz‐Perret‐Gentil, Laure, Altermatt, Florian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2020
Subjects:	bioassessment biological assessment Biomonitoring Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA ecology eDNA Environmental DNA environmental genomics Environmental management environmental monitoring fish Genetic testing Invertebrates macrobial metabarcoding microbial Microorganisms Organisms Polymerase chain reaction sediments soil species detection Taxonomy Terminology
ISSN:	0962-1083, 1365-294X, 1365-294X
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