Finding frogs with DNA
…surveying biodiversity approaches completion. Just as high-resolution satellite mapping has surpassed most ground surveys in accuracy, speed, and cost, we need efficient technologies that can help detect and monitor species…
…surveying biodiversity approaches completion. Just as high-resolution satellite mapping has surpassed most ground surveys in accuracy, speed, and cost, we need efficient technologies that can help detect and monitor species…
In early online J Zool Syst Evol Res researchers from Natural History Museum and Imperial College, London, scrutinize “recent advances in DNA taxonomy…that follow the dramatic increase in data generation“….
…2014. The Atlas will cost 99 euro plus shipping. You can download the first 24 pages, including the Table of Contents and Introductory chapters at https://share.biodiversity.aq/Atlas/example_BASO_web.pdf. Jesse Ausubel wrote the…
…our investigation has attracted press coverage including New York Times print and online editions and internationally in 65 news sites and 14 countries, including India and China, world centers of…
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GPS devices for civilian use were first introduced 1982. The TI 4100 from Texas Instrument Company cost $150,000, weighed 50 lbs, and had heavy demand from land surveyors (GPS World,…
The most successful technologies generate money. In turn, a commercial market helps drive improvements in cost and speed, enabling wider applications and new scientific knowledge. The rapid completion of the…
…the rate of data accumulation,” noting “the current cost of survey time vastly outweights that of DNA barcoding of prey, making DNA barcoding a cost-effective way of increasing sampling rate”….
…reasonable cost, new technologies may now offer a chance for substantial improvement. For example, increased bandwidth in acoustical signal processing greatly increases the potential for understanding the structure, shape, motion,…
…as with GPS, lowered costs increase use, and increased use helps lower costs. On the DNA front, researchers are developing microfluidic grapefruit-sized sequencers that analyze sub-femtomole quantities of DNA in…