In silico and empirical evaluation of twelve COI & 16S metabarcoding primer sets for insectivorous diet analyses
Orianne Tournayre, Maxime Leuchtmann, Ondine Filippi-Codaccioni, Marine Trillat, Sylvain Piry, Dominique Pontier, Nathalie Charbonnel, Maxime Galan
This study evaluates twelve COI and 16S metabarcoding primer sets for insectivorous diet analysis using in silico and empirical methods, finding primer degeneracy and amplicon length are key factors affecting detection and reliability.
Ecology and Evolution · May 21, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology