Research & Development – 2024 updates now in service
Scott Blankenship

Image adapted from genome.gov and Shanel, Knopfkind, and JHC.


Enhanced DNA Metabarcoding

General bat primers
Pacific Northwest Salmonids
GIQSnake
GIQTurtle Crustaceans (crabs and crayfish)
Copepod, Cladeceran, Amphipod (CCA) primers
Freshwater Inverts (EPT taxa) Leese primers
Invasive Aquatic Plants ITS primers
Terrestrial plants (Trees + Honey) ITS2 primers


Enhanced Quantitative PCR (TaqMan)

Black Rail, Ridgeways Rail, Yellow Rail
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Mudpuppy Salamander
Prickly/Riffle Sculpin
Ranavirus
Salamander Mussel
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout
Invasive mussels + freshwater clams
Longfin Smelt


Enhanced genomics and bioinformatics

Global Primer Assessment Tool – species accuracy
Microhaplotype genotyping pipeline – based on Mega-Simple-Microhap-Snakeflow and Microhaplotopia


For more general information

Copepod, Cladeceran, Amphipod primers
Freshwater Inverts (EPT taxa) Leese primers
Invasive Aquatic Plants ITS primers
(Estuary zooplankton)
(water quality – biomonitoring)
(National Invasive Species Information Center)