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環境ＤＮＡ (かんきょうディーエヌエー) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

環境ＤＮＡかんきょうでぃーえぬえー

Meanings

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noun

environmental DNA; eDNA

biology

Technical term in biology; refers to DNA collected from environmental samples (water, soil, air) rather than directly from an organism.

環かん境きょうＤＮＡ分ぶん析せきで池いけの魚さかなの種しゅ類るいを調しらべた。
We investigated the fish species in the pond using environmental DNA analysis.

Kanji

環ring, circle, loop
境boundary, border, region

Etymology

Compound of 環境 (かんきょう, 'environment') + ＤＮＡ (ディーエヌエー, 'DNA'), a direct translation of the English term 'environmental DNA'.