Sequence depth, not PCR replication, improves ecological inference from next generation DNA sequencing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Smith, Dylan P ^a   Peay, Kabir G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DIVERSITY; ARTICLE; BETA DIVERSITY; BIOME; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NEXT GENERATION DNA SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PYROSEQUENCING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FUNGI; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 84896533952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090234     Document Type: Article

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