#Using DNA in the water tell us how many fish are there
“#Using DNA in the water tell us how many fish are there” Researchers “counted” Japanese jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus) in Maizuru Bay, Japan, through quantitative measurements of environmental DNA concentration. Credit: Reiji Masuda, Kyoto University River water, lake water, and seawater contain DNA belonging to organisms such as animals and plants. Ecologists have begun to…