Kat Bruce, founder of eDNA NatureMetrics, said that their new technology was created to search and
Living things constantly shed cells andleave traces of genetic material: it circulates in the environment and ends up in river systems. It is by using reservoirs that you can track which species are nearby.
The authors of the new technology take one or two literswater and then pass it through a small filter that traps the DNA samples. Before filtering, you need to determine who to look for, for example, only mammals, otherwise the DNA of bacteria and microbes will remain in the filter. After two days, the algorithm produces about 30 million DNA sequences.
As a result, DNA-based informationconfirmed that there are 675 species nearby, including dozens of land mammals such as deer, jaguars, giant anteaters, monkeys, and 25 species of bats.
The data is shared with the editors of the Red Book, as well as with local communities of scientists who monitor endangered populations.
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