UCLA: Scientists Create Genetic Library For Mega-Ecosystem In Pacific Ocean

Press release from UCLA:

David Colgan

July 8, 2021

“In the field, visibility can be poor and conditions too dangerous to scuba dive — it’s even tougher for the deep sea where you can’t even send divers,” said Gold, lead author of the paper. “But you can always take a water sample off the side of the boat. With eDNA, we can survey places we couldn’t previously survey in any meaningful way.”

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