Lavanya Vythalingam

For aquatic eDNA enthusiasts, here’s an interesting and useful review of the last 10 years in the field by Takahashi et al. (2023), covering 407 articles and including 522 single-species primers and 141 metabarcoding primers.

Optimist: the glass is half full.

Pessimist: the glass is half empty.

#eDNA biologist: the glass contains DNA of 80 fish species and 1400 Eukaryotic amplicon sequence variants of COI.

#biodiversity 🦑

Congratulations @kruthsatz.bsky.social! Looking forward to all the exciting work you're going to do 😁

Concepts in ecology and conservation - YouTube Fundamental concepts that help understand the natural world and how to conserve it.

Here’s the playlist for the 42 ecological and conservation concept videos. Perfect for falling asleep at night. Enjoy!
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Stray DNA is all around us. It could revolutionize conservation Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

Stray #eDNA is all around us! www.sciencenews.org/article/edna...

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Thrilled to share: out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social (!) just in time for Thanksgiving, the dinosaurian history of how your turkey does the twist. Fibular reduction enabled mid-drumstick mobility, unlocking extreme knee long-axis rotation in theropods 🍗🦖🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08251-w