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Mar 26 2010
The test that detected the Asian carp's environmental DNA, or eDNA, above the electric barrier is new: it was developed in the past year by New Zealand scientist Lindsay Chadderton and scientists at Notre Dame. They say this is the first time DNA testing has been used on such a scale to find evidence of invasive fish in freshwater, and they think their method will ultimately be used around the globe to detect invasive species and protect endangered ones. |
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