DNA barcodes for ecology, evolution, and conservation

WJ Kress, C García-Robledo, M Uriarte… - Trends in ecology & …, 2015 - cell.com
The use of DNA barcodes, which are short gene sequences taken from a standardized
portion of the genome and used to identify species, is entering a new phase of application …

Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing

F Pompanon, BE Deagle, WOC Symondson… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of food webs and their dynamics facilitates understanding of the mechanistic
processes behind community ecology and ecosystem functions. Having accurate techniques …

Counting with DNA in metabarcoding studies: How should we convert sequence reads to dietary data?

BE Deagle, AC Thomas, JC McInnes… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in DNA sequencing technology have revolutionized the field of molecular analysis
of trophic interactions, and it is now possible to recover counts of food DNA sequences from …

A new versatile primer set targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial COI region for metabarcoding metazoan diversity: application for characterizing coral reef fish …

M Leray, JY Yang, CP Meyer, SC Mills, N Agudelo… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - Springer
Introduction The PCR-based analysis of homologous genes has become one of the most
powerful approaches for species detection and identification, particularly with the recent …

Taxon‐specific PCR for DNA barcoding arthropod prey in bat faeces

MRK Zeale, RK Butlin, GLA Barker… - Molecular ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The application of DNA barcoding to dietary studies allows prey taxa to be identified in the
absence of morphological evidence and permits a greater resolution of prey identity than is …

INVITED REVIEW: Molecular analysis of predation: a review of best practice for DNA‐based approaches

RA King, DS Read, M Traugott… - Molecular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Molecular analysis of predation, through polymerase chain reaction amplification of prey
remains within the faeces or digestive systems of predators, is a rapidly growing field …

Diet studies of seabirds: a review and recommendations

RT Barrett, K Camphuysen… - ICES Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Barrett, RT, Camphuysen, CJ, Anker-Nilssen, T., Chardine, JW, Furness, RW,
Garthe, S., Hüppop, O., Leopold, MF, Montevecchi, WA, and Veit, RR 2007. Diet studies of …

Analysis of Australian fur seal diet by pyrosequencing prey DNA in faeces

BE Deagle, R Kirkwood, SN Jarman - Molecular ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
DNA‐based techniques have proven useful for defining trophic links in a variety of
ecosystems and recently developed sequencing technologies provide new opportunities for …

Quantifying sequence proportions in a DNA‐based diet study using Ion Torrent amplicon sequencing: which counts count?

BE Deagle, AC Thomas, AK Shaffer… - Molecular Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A goal of many environmental DNA barcoding studies is to infer quantitative information
about relative abundances of different taxa based on sequence read proportions generated …

Pyrosequencing faecal DNA to determine diet of little penguins: is what goes in what comes out?

BE Deagle, A Chiaradia, J McInnes, SN Jarman - Conservation Genetics, 2010 - Springer
DNA barcoding of faeces or stomach contents is an emerging approach for dietary analysis.
We pyrosequenced mtDNA 16S markers amplified from faeces of captive little penguins …