Environment & Ecology · Conservation Techniques
In the context of biodiversity conservation, the principal purpose of DNA barcoding is:
- 1To trace the migratory routes of marine mammals through satellite-linked genetic markers
- 2To prepare a digital atlas of ecosystems within a given biogeographic region
- 3To genetically alter endangered species so as to improve their resilience to climate change
- 4To identify and distinguish species using short, standardised DNA sequences from selected gene regions✓
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To identify and distinguish species using short, standardised DNA sequences from selected gene regions
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