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The latest science in DNA barcoding
Revealing the widespread adulteration of commercial herbal medicines and food supplements
DNA barcoding and metabarcoding have substantially contributed to the authentication of herbal products and they hold the key to validated, DNA-based diagnostics for ingredient identification
Assessing herbarium material with novel molecular techniques reveals a wealth of new data from old treasure troves
Using large-scale genome skimming to build a resilient resource for the future
Revolutionizing fish monitoring in Alpine rivers
Environmental DNA provides high resolution data on Alpine fish populations and facilitates their management.
Understanding the impacts of widespread forest die-offs across France, Germany, and China
Metabarcoding increases the taxonomic resolution and geographic scale at which researchers can assess the impacts of climate change on insect communities in forests
Insects don’t talk, but new DNA-based technologies are helping to tell their stories
Researchers unlock clues about vertebrate diversity by examining arthropod samples
The celebrities of the microcosmos aren’t always easy to find: detecting tardigrades in environmental DNA
The hidden diversity of tardigrades is being uncovered in Norwegian forests using DNA barcoding and metabarcoding
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