Health
Environmental DNA – how a tool used to detect endangered wildlife ended up helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic – Australian Times
Imagine discovering an animal species you thought had gone extinct was still living – without laying eyes on it. Such was the case with the Brazilian frog species…
Jessica Alice Farrell, University of Florida; David Duffy, University of Florida, and Liam Whitmore, University of Limerick
Imagine discovering an animal species you thought had gone extinct was still living without laying eyes on it. Such was the case with the Brazilian frog species Megaelosia bocainensis, whose complete disappearance in 1968 led scientists to believe it had become extinct. But through a novel genetic detection technique, it was rediscovered in 2020.
Such discoveries are now possible…
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