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GenBank’s reliability is uncertain for biodiversity researchers seeking species-level assignment for eDNA

Nicolas S. Locatelli, Peter B. McIntyre, Nina Overgaard Therkildsen, Diana S. Baetscher

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences54 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Micro-nano plastics originating from the prevalent usage of plastics have raised increasingly alarming concerns worldwide. However, there remains a fundamental knowledge gap in nanoplastics because of the lack of effective analytical ...Plastics are now omnipresent in our daily lives. The existence of microplastics (1 µm to 5 mm in length) and possibly even nanoplastics (<1 μm) has recently raised health concerns. In particular, nanoplastics are believed to be more toxic since their ...

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