Be positive: customized reference databases and new, local barcodes balance false taxonomic assignments in metabarcoding studies

Background In metabarcoding analyses, the taxonomic assignment is crucial to place sequencing data in biological and ecological contexts. This fundamental step depends on a reference database, which should have a good taxonomic coverage to avoid unassigned sequences. However, this goal is rarely ach...

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Hauptverfasser: Francesco Mugnai, Federica Costantini, Anne Chenuil, Michèle Leduc, José Miguel Gutiérrez Ortega, Emese Meglécz
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: PeerJ Inc. 2023-01-01
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Online Zugang:https://peerj.com/articles/14616.pdf