DNA-based faecal dietary analysis: a comparison of qPCR and high throughput sequencing approaches.

The genetic analysis of faecal material represents a relatively non-invasive way to study animal diet and has been widely adopted in ecological research. Due to the heterogeneous nature of faecal material the primary obstacle, common to all genetic approaches, is a means to dissect the constituent D...

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Main Authors: Dáithí C Murray, Michael Bunce, Belinda L Cannell, Rebecca Oliver, Jayne Houston, Nicole E White, Roberto A Barrero, Matthew I Bellgard, James Haile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21998697/pdf/?tool=EBI