Data from: New environmental metabarcodes for analysing soil DNA: potential for studying past and present ecosystems

• Main Authors: Epp, Laura S., Boessenkool, Sanne, Bellemain, Eva P., Haile, James, Esposito, Alfonso, Riaz, Tiayyba, Erséus, Christer, Gusarov, Vladimir I., Edwards, Mary E., Johnsen, Arild, Stenøien, Hans K., Hassel, Kristian, Kauserud, Håvard, Yoccoz, Nigel G., Bråthen, Kari Anne, Willerslev, Eske, Taberlet, Pierre, Coissac, Eric, Brochmann, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: Fungi; Metabarcoding; Environmental DNA; Coleoptera; Enchytraeidae; Bryophyta; ancient DNA; Aves; primers; Holocene; Pleistocene; Life sciences; medicine and health care; Arctic; envir; geo; Norway; Yar; Northern Norway; Varanger
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.37s6bb42

Metabarcoding approaches use total and typically degraded DNA from environmental samples to analyse biotic assemblages and can potentially be carried out for any kinds of organisms in an ecosystem. These analyses rely on specific markers, here called metabarcodes, which should be optimized for taxon...