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Marine ecology: Genetics from a drop in the ocean

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Analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) extracted from just 30 litres of seawater from the Arabian Gulf provides genetic insights into populations of the largest fish in the world.

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  1. Simon Creer and Mathew Seymour are in the Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, Environment Centre Wales Building, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK.,

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Creer, S., Seymour, M. Marine ecology: Genetics from a drop in the ocean. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 0037 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-016-0037

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