ArticleEcology and evolution2026
Evaluating the Quantitative Accuracy and Application of DNA Metabarcoding for Dietary Reconstruction in Ruminants.
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- Environmental DNA: From Promise to Practice.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Comparing Accuracy and Biases of DNA Metabarcoding, Hybridization Capture, and Metagenomic Sequencing for Quantifying Herbivore Diets.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Quantitative Accuracy and Application of DNA Metabarcoding for Dietary Reconstruction in Ruminants.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
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Abstract
DNA metabarcoding offers a powerful, non-invasive tool to identify dietary composition with high taxonomic resolution, yet its quantitative accuracy and bias remain a well-recognised limitation across taxa and sample types. This universal challenge is particularly evident in herbivores, where plant material introduces additional amplification constraints. This study evaluates the accuracy of DNA metabarcoding in reconstructing the diets of sheep under controlled feeding trials involving high and low digestibility forage, using two widely used plant DNA barcodes (ITS2 and
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