Friday 17 November 2017

Invasive clams tracked by their DNA

Eric Larson displays a handful of Corbicula

The sooner that you know an invasive species is present in your local environment, the better the chances that you can control it before it becomes unmanageable. It was with this in mind that researchers from the University of Illinois recently detected the presence of a species of invasive freshwater clam, by looking for its cast-off DNA in lake water.

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