Revealing the Complexities of Metabarcoding with a Diverse Arthropod Mock Community
T. W. Braukmann, N. V. Ivanova, S. W. Prosser, V. Elbrecht, D. Steinke, S. Ratnasingham, J. R. deWaard, J. E. Sones, E. V. Zakhariv, P. D. Hebert
This study evaluates how different DNA metabarcoding protocols affect species recovery in a mock arthropod community, finding that protocol variations significantly impact results.
bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2018Ecology