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Building on eDNA Reference Databases with Mitogenomes

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Building on eDNA Reference Databases with Mitogenomes

In order to improve the accuracy and confidence of eDNA approaches, the Ocean Molecular Ecology Group is focused on creating publicly available high-quality reference mitogenomes to improve our ability to put species names to DNA sequences. To learn more about our recent efforts, see our featured publication.