Molecular Star Gazing: Development and Validation of an Environmental DNA Assay for the Imperiled Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Zachary J. Gold, Kristin M. Robinson, Alyssa-Lois Madden Gehman, Meghan M. Shea, Matthew A. Lemay, Johannes Weinrich, Colleen T. E. Kellogg, Rute B. G. Clemente‐Carvalho, Lauren M. Schiebelhut, Alexandria B B Boehm, Ashley Kidd, Andrew Kim, Jason Hodin, Michael Dawson, Sean M. McAllister
The paper develops and validates an eDNA assay for the sunflower sea star to monitor its populations and assess recovery efforts.
bioRxiv · May 12, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology