Primer biases in the molecular assessment of diet in multiple insectivorous mammals
S. S. Browett, T. G. Curran, D. B. O'Meara, A. P. Harrington, N. G. Sales, R. E. Antwis, D. O'Neill, A. McDevitt
This study compares the effectiveness of two primer sets in DNA metabarcoding to assess diets of insectivorous mammals, finding that a single broad-range primer set can accurately capture ground-dwelling species' diets.
bioRxiv · Jan 18, 2021Ecology