Can non-destructive DNA extraction of bulk invertebrate samples be used for metabarcoding?

Melissa E Carew; Rhys A Coleman; Ary A Hoffman

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Can non-destructive DNA extraction of bulk invertebrate samples be used for metabarcoding?

Melissa E Carew, Rhys A Coleman, Ary A Hoffman

PeerJ | PEERJ INC | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4980

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Funding Acknowledgements

All funding for this study was from the Australian Research Council through their grant (grant number LP150100876) and Fellowship (grant number FL100100066), with additional support from Melbourne Water Corporation. There was no additional external funding received for this study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.