Project:

Curious about Chamomile: A Three Locus Approach To Determining the Contents of Chamomile products

Students:

Mitchell Ng, Areina Ismail, Maria Munoz, Mehvish Omer

School:

American Museum of Natural History - Lang Science Program,

Mentors:

Julia Zichello

Abstract:

Chamomile is popular across the world, over a million cups of chamomile are consumed daily. Two species are present in teas: Roman and German chamomile, both suffer from fungus and insect pests. DNA barcoding will help decipher which species make up our teas, and if fungus or invertebrates are present.

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