A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment. Advanced Books. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e68634

• Main Author: Bruce, Kat (auth)
• Other Authors: Blackman, Rosetta (auth), Bourlat, Sarah J. (auth), Hellström, Ann Micaela (auth), Bakker, Judith (auth), Bista, Iliana (auth), Bohmann, Kristine (auth), Bouchez, Agnès (auth), Brys, Rein (auth), Clark, Katie (auth), Elbrecht, Vasco (auth), Fazi, Stefano (auth), Fonseca, Vera (auth), Hänfling, Bernd (auth), Leese, Florian (auth), Machler, Elvira (auth), Mahon, Andrew (auth), Meissner, Kristian (auth), Panksep, Kristel (auth), Pawlowski, Jan (auth), Yáñez, Paul Schmidt (auth), seymour, mathew (auth), Thalinger, Bettina (auth), Valentini, Alice (auth), Woodcock, Paul (auth), Traugott, Michael (auth), Vasselon, Valentin (auth), Deiner, Kristy (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers, Sofia Pensoft Publishers 2021
• Series: Advanced Books
• Subjects: Lifestyle, sport & leisure; DNA-based methods, bioassessment
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This document aims to summarise the scientific consensus relating to every step of the field and laboratory workflows involved in the most common types of samples and analyses. We do not go into great detail regarding bioinformatics (computational processing of sequence data) and data analysis since...