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    • Tuna (eel) and trout with a simulated DNA sequence of species
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 2 February 2023 Size: 2.3 MB Referencing Hub media

    When ‘fishing for eDNA’, students discover what is living in a lake by matching a short DNA sequence with the species it comes from.

    Note: These are simulated DNA sequences rather than the actual sequence.

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