Wild DNA

Image credit: Luke Lythgoe / Wellcome Sanger Institute

A Mallard flying across the Wellcome Genome Campus lake.

Use DNA sequences and an online scientific database to discover a new ecological survey technique.

Wild DNA introduces learners to a DNA-based technique for identification of species in an environment. It compares DNA sequences from the environment to DNA sequences in an online database using bioinformatics.

This bioinformatics activity develops skills in using DNA sequence for identification and gives experience of the value of eDNA in ecological surveys. Learners will use data provided to discover what species are found in specific locations.

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