Project:

Using DNA barcoding to identify species of samples thought to be Aedes sollicitans and Aedes dorsalis

Students:

Benjamin Brass, Henry Zhao

School:

Cold Spring Harbor High School, Suffolk

Mentors:

Jaak Raudsepp

Abstract:

Our goal for this project is to use barcoding to identify two very similar species of mosquitoes, the Aedes sollicitans and the Aedes dorsalis to determine whether they are the same species or not.

Poster:

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