DNA from soil mirrors plant taxonomic and growth form diversity
Yoccoz, N.G., Bråthen, K.A., Gielly, L., Haile, J., Edwards,
M.E., Goslar, T., Von Stedingk, H., Brysting, A.K., Coissac, E.,
Pompanan, F., Sonstebo, J.H., Miquel, C., Valentini, A., De
Bello, F., Chave, J, Thuiller, W., Wincker, P., Cruaud, C.,
Gavory, F., Rasmussen, M., Gilbert, M.T.P., Orlando, L.,
Brochmann, C., Willerslev, E. and Taberlet, P. (2012) DNA from
soil mirrors plant taxonomic and growth form diversity.
Molecular Ecology, 21 (15). pp. 3647-3655. *Subscription may be
required Ecosystems across the globe are threatened by climate
change and human activities. New rapid survey approaches for
monitoring biodiversity would greatly advance assessment and
understanding of these threats. Taking advantage of next-
generation DNA sequencing, we tested an approach we call
metabarcoding: high-throughput and simultaneous taxa
identification based on a very short (usually <100 base pairs)
but informative DNA fragment. Short DNA fragments allow the