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Sebastian Melrose

University of California, Santa Cruz

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1

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First Plant sedaDNA assemblage from California reveals ecological stability throughout 10,000 years of human presence at Lake Elsinore

Madeline Slimp, Lisa N. Martinez, Joshua D. Kapp, Matthew E. Kirby, Glen M. Sproul Dit MacDonald, Don L. Hankins, Sebastian Melrose, Matthew G. Johnson, Beth Shapiro, Rachel Sarah Meyer

Angiosperms353 capture of Lake Elsinore sedimentary DNA recovers 50 land-plant orders across 24,000 years, with a fire-linked community shift preceding a persistent Holocene chaparral assemblage.

bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2026 · PreprintPaleontology✦ In-depth digest