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DNA Metabarcoding Uses DNA Sequence Analysis

How do researchers go from a dung sample to determining what the animal ate? They analyze DNA sequences. Watch a short animation to see how that’s done.

Additional Information: DNA sequences The order of the nucleotide bases, adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C), that make up DNA.

Four large, round, brownish dung samples with small inclusions in them are illustrated.
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