Quantifying sequence proportions in a DNA-based diet study using Ion Torrent amplicon sequencing: Which counts count?

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 620-633

  Deagle, Bruce E ^a   Thomas, Austen C ^b   Shaffer, Amanda K ^c   Trites, Andrew W ^b   Jarman, Simon N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Ion Torrent; Metabarcoding; Next generation sequencing; Pinniped diet

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DIET; FECES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOCA; STANDARD; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIODIVERSITY; DIET; FECES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PHOCA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

CHORDATA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84879410261     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12103     Document Type: Article

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