BirT: a novel primer pair for avian environmental DNA metabarcoding
Bettina Thalinger, R Empey, Megan Cowperthwaite, Katerina Coveny, Dirk Steinke
The paper introduces a new primer pair (BirT) for avian eDNA metabarcoding, demonstrating its effectiveness in detecting bird species from water samples with high specificity and taxonomic resolution.
Environmental DNA · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology