Environmental DNA Poses Scientific and Ethical Dilemmas

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English - May 21, 2023 17:38 - 6 minutes - 9.56 MB
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) comes from the traces of genetic material organisms shed as they go about their lives. Find out how our ability to analyze human eDNA samples is a mixed blessing for the fields of ecology and forensics.

Also available as a blog at http://daretoknow.ca/2023/05/20/environmental-dna-poses-scientific-and-ethical-dilemmas/

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