An assessment of environmental metabarcoding protocols aiming at favouring contemporary biodiversity in inventories of deep-sea communities
Miriam I. Brandt, Blandine Trouche, Nicolas Henry, Cathy Liautard‐Haag, Loïs Maignien, Colomban de Vargas, Patrick Wincker, Julie Poulain, Daniela Zeppilli, Sophie Arnaud‐Haond
This study evaluates eDNA metabarcoding protocols for deep-sea biodiversity, finding that DNA is more reliable than RNA and larger sediment samples improve accuracy.
Frontiers in Marine Science · May 8, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics