Thursday, March 13, 2014

A Tale of Two Data Sets: New DNA Analysis Strategy Helps Researchers Cut Through the Dirt


This is the sampling site located at the A.C. and Lela Morris Prairie Reserve, located in Jasper County Iowa. (Credit: Jim Tiedje) Click to enlarge.
Researchers have published the largest soil DNA sequencing effort to date.  What has emerged in this first of the studies to come from this project is a simple, elegant solution to sifting through the deluge of information gleaned, as well as a sobering reality check on just how hard a challenge these environments will be.

A Tale of Two Data Sets: New DNA Analysis Strategy Helps Researchers Cut Through the Dirt

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