Geographic source estimation using airborne plant environmental DNA in dust

Abstract Information obtained from the analysis of dust, particularly biological particles such as pollen, plant parts, and fungal spores, has great utility in forensic geolocation. As an alternative to manual microscopic analysis of dust components, we developed a pipeline that utilizes the airborn...

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Main Authors: Chelsea Lennartz, Joel Kurucar, Stephen Coppola, Janice Crager, Johanna Bobrow, Laura Bortolin, James Comolli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95702-3