Capture probe, metabarcoding, or shotgun sequencing: which best reflects local vegetation?
Nichola A. Strandberg, Lucas Elliott, Dilli P. Rijal, Dorothée Ehrich, Youri Lammers, Aloïs Revéret, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Iva Pitelkova, Antony Gavin Brown, Tyler J. Murchie, Kathleen R. Stoof‐Leichsenring, Inger Greve Alsos
This study compares metabarcoding, shotgun sequencing, and capture probes for detecting plant taxa in lake sediments, finding metabarcoding has the lowest false positive rate and highest detection rate.
Environmental DNA · Mar 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology