What if Jurassic Park Got the Idea Right? Mosquitoes Can Store Traces of Dna From Many Animals

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A study in Florida identifies 86 species of vertebrates from 2,051 blood meals and points to a cheap way to monitor biodiversity. Mosquitoes not only sting and transmit pathogens. They also leave a trail of genetic information that allows reconstructing, with surprising detail, which animals inhabit a territory. A team from the University of Florida, headed by entomologist Lawrence E. Reeves, has shown that DNA analysis of blood ingested by fema…