dna-based diet analysis for any predator基于dna的饮食分析任何食肉动物.pdfVIP

DNA-Based Diet Analysis for Any Predator Glenn Dunshea1,2* 1 Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit, School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2 Australian Marine Mammal Centre, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia Abstract Background: Prey DNA from diet samples can be used as a dietary marker; yet current methods for prey detection require a priori diet knowledge and/or are designed ad hoc, limiting their scope. I present a general approach to detect diverse prey in the feces or gut contents of preda