Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. Ph.D. student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals. Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, this is becoming increasingly feasible. Ph.D. student Kevin Groen tested how effective these techniques are at unraveling the diets of wild animals. Ecology Molecular & Computational biology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet
