Estimating intraspecific genetic diversity from community DNA metabarcoding data

Background DNA metabarcoding is used to generate species composition data for entire communities. However, sequencing errors in high-throughput sequencing instruments are fairly common, usually requiring reads to be clustered into operational taxonomic units (OTUs), losing information on intraspecif...

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Main Authors: Vasco Elbrecht, Ecaterina Edith Vamos, Dirk Steinke, Florian Leese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4644.pdf