Seahorse Sleuth Identifying seahorses species by DNA sequences

SeahorseSleuth

Seahorse Sleuth is a website that enables users to identify seahorse species using DNA sequences. It is an expansion of an approach that has already been implemented for whales and dolphins: see Witness for the Whales. Seahorse Sleuth compares a DNA sequence submitted by the user with a set of reference sequences from vouchered seahorse specimens. Seahorse Sleuth is implemented within DNA Surveillance, a computer system developed at the University of Auckland which applies standard comparative methods to identify the affinity of the DNA sequences that you submit. Use SeahorseSleuth


Three identified species of seahorses in the wild taken from Australia to Indonesia. Seahorses collected from Chinatown pharmacies. Which species of seahorse are they and where were they harvested?

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